Educazione siberiana
“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.”
Gabriele SalvatoresCast
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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