"Confession"
1998
Directed by
Alexander Sokurov
This powerful and unique
documentary by Alexander Sokurov--a man considered by many to be Russia's
finest living filmmaker--chronicles the lives of a soul-searching ship's
captain and his young sailors as they sail the Arctic region in a Russian
naval ship. Narrated mostly by the captain, the film focuses on the daily
duties associated with a ship based in the Arctic, but it is also an
engrossing study in human solitude and the effects of isolation. "A
tremendously moving portrait of despair and its causes through imagery
that's both sensuous and confined" (Chicago Reader). Russian with
English subtitles. 210 minutes. |