Rotten
The Island is visually stunning in its bleak, blue-hued austerity, but its storytelling is simplistic.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Overview
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
Director and cast
- Pavel Lungin Director
- Pyotr Mamonov as Father Anatoli
- Viktor Sukhorukov as Father Filaret
- Yuriy Kuznetsov as Tikhon Petrovich, admiral
- Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Father Iov
- Viktoriya Isakova as Nastya
- Aleksey Zelensky as young Tikhon
- Timofey Tribuntsev as young Anatoli
- Nina Usatova as widow
- Yana Esipovich as girl
- Olga Demidova Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An aggravating combination of piousness, arty self-pity, and knowing silliness meant to speak to higher spiritual truths.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
Both heartfelt and ultimately optimistic.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Almost a sinful pleasure is Andrey Zhegalov's striking widescreen cinematography.
Deborah Young, Variety
Fresh
A contemplative fable, not without its wry wit, which effectively ponders the workings of faith, specifically the connection between gnawing guilt and a desire to do good.
Time Out
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