Siberian Education

6.8 2013 1h 50m Italy

Drama Crime

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

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In the mid-1980s, a Siberian gang leader is exiled to a small town on the Ukrainian border where he teaches his grandson the “honest criminal” code. The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

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Directors

Gabriele Salvatores

Writers

Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Nicolai Lilin, Gabriele Salvatores

Cast

John Malkovich, Arnas Fedaravičius, Vilius Tumalavicius, Eleanor Tomlinson, Peter Stormare, Jonas Trukanas, Andrius Paulavičius, Donatas Šimukauskas, Vitalij Porshnev, Arvydas Lebeliūnas, Arnas Sliesoraitis, Dainius Jankauskas, Julius Žalakevičius, Žilvinas Tratas, Pijus Grude

Production

Cattleya, MiC, A&G

Languages

English

Countries

Italy, Lithuania