Whispering Pages

– The pages that whisper through this brooding, beautiful tone poem are from nineteenth-century Russia..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 17 Minutes
Release Year:
1994
Original Name:
Tikhiye stranitsy
Whispering Pages (1994) - Also known as Tikhiye stranitsy

The pages that whisper through this brooding, beautiful tone poem are from nineteenth-century Russian literature, primarily Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. An anonymous man wanders through decomposing, fog-enshrouded catacombs and encounters a series of “the degraded and the humiliated,” including a holy prostitute and a Kafkaesque bureaucrat. Shot partly in Sokurov’s dreamlike black and white with a dense sound track of eerie, echoing voices and bursts of mournful Mahler.

Producing Country:
Genre:
Release Date:

08 Oct 1994

Language:

Russian

Director:

Aleksandr Sokurov

Writer:

Aleksandr Sokurov

Main Actors:

Aleksandr Cherednik, Sergey Barkovskiy, Elizaveta Koroleva, Galina Nikulina

Plot:

The existential protagonist is a hungry, homeless, socially isolated, and socially alienated young man living on the streets of an anonymous Russian big city in the 19th Century. He's looking for answers about himself and the things that he sees around him, but he's coming up short. Very innovative cinematography that alternates between B&W and full color through the course of the film in a way that accents the dramatic action. Sometimes, a B&W scene will even become full color in just one spot on the screen, a unique alternative to a close up shot.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10