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Educazione siberiana

Original title: Deadly Code / Siberian Education

“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.”

2013 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Gabriele Salvatores · Italy · Contemporary European Art Cinema
CrimeDrama

Cast

Arnas Fedaravicius Vilius Tumalavicius Eleanor Tomlinson Jonas Trukanas Vitalij Porshnev Peter Stormare

Credits

Written by: Stefano Rulli

Plot

In Transnistria, a Siberian-Ukrainian community of criminals raises children with strict honor rules, and two friends grow up with violence, in a crime drama based on Nicolai Lilin's memoir.

Sinekatalog’s take

A heavy and violent crime drama, with John Malkovich.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (8,476 votes)
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