"Elio" and What Could Have Been
Elio could be seen as fantastic piece of representation, showing lonely children who feel ostracized that they are not alone. That is, unless you look behind the curtain.
The Stoker
A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.
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A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.
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Genre:Drama, Crime
Written By:Aleksei Balabanov
In Theaters:
Box Office:$183,640
Runtime:83 minutes
Studio:CTB Film Company
Cast
Aleksei Balabanov
Director
Mikhail Skryabin
Kochegar
Yuri Matveyev
Vassily 'Bizon'
Aleksandr Mosin
Sergeant - father of Masha
Aida Tumutova
Sasha, daughter Kochegar
Anna Korotayeva
Masha
Filipp Dyachkov
Vyacheslav Pavlyut
Fyodor Alekseevich
Vyacheslav Telnov
Andrei Sergeevich
Pyotr Semak
colonel, Vera's father
Irina Osnovina
cashier
Oleg Korytin
customer's driver
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