Writer/director Alexander Rogozhkin has a way of lapsing into cuteness when the story calls for something more challenging, but The Cuckoo eventually finds its own kind of light, ridiculous tone that generally doesn't talk down to the characters.
The Cuckoo
She's Making Peace One Man at a Time.
2002 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
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The Cuckoo
Overview
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A consistently hilarious collision of cultures and a string of misunderstandings.
A mystical fairy tale by Alexander Rogozhkin as beautiful as it is tender.
A wondrous, funny and moving little film.
It's quite a treat.
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