Careless and merciless bureaucratic machine turns a case of 80 year old peasant Pelageya Demina about crossing a railroad in a wrong place into criminal offense. Her oldman seeking help to get her out of jail.


If you have ever spent three hours at the DMV only to be told you have the wrong colored ink on a form, you will probably find Don Diego i Pelageya deeply triggering. It is worth w...
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Yakov Protazanov

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