You should watch this if you have a weirdly specific interest in how people looked at each other in 1930s Russia when they were scared. If you hate slow movies with a lot of talking and grainy sound, you will probably want to turn this off after five minutes. It’s a movie that feels like it was filmed inside a pressur...
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"You should watch this if you have a weirdly specific interest in how people looked at each other in 1930s Russia when they were scared. If you hate slow movies with a lot of talking and grainy sound, you will probably want to turn this off after five minutes. It’s a movie that feels like it was filmed inside a pressure cooker. The title basically means "the trial must go on," and they really mean it. Everything happens in these cramped rooms where the air looks like it’s made of dust and cigar..."
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