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The Train Stop
The Train Stop
7.2
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1,251 Ratings

THE TRAIN STOP

Полустанок

Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Russia, 2000
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Speeding trains slice through the silence of the small train stop. The whistle on the locomotive and the thunder of the wheels disappear into the night, but fail to wake up people at the station. People just continue to sleep. What do they wait for? What will wake them up?

Synopsis

Speeding trains slice through the silence of the small train stop. The whistle on the locomotive and the thunder of the wheels disappear into the night, but fail to wake up people at the station. People just continue to sleep. What do they wait for? What will wake them up?

Our take

The name of Sergei Loznitsa is now well known at film festivals, but the Ukrainian’s early works remain little seen. This enthralling short documentary on the post-Soviet era dreamily depicts a nation that has fallen into a deep sleep. What will it take to wake them up?