From the life of a convent in pre-revolutionary Russia..
If you have a couple of hours and don't mind a lot of flickering black-and-white footage, Za monastyrskoyu bramoyu is a weirdly fascinating watch. It is definitely for the kind of person who likes movies that feel like they were dug up from a basement. If you need explosions or people talking every five seconds, you w...
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"If you have a couple of hours and don't mind a lot of flickering black-and-white footage, Za monastyrskoyu bramoyu is a weirdly fascinating watch. It is definitely for the kind of person who likes movies that feel like they were dug up from a basement. If you need explosions or people talking every five seconds, you will absolutely hate this one. The story takes us behind the gates of a convent in Russia before the revolution changed everything. It is not exactly a happy place to be. Right fr..."
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