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The Cuckoo

Original title: Kukushka

“She's Making Peace One Man at a Time.”

2002 · 1 h 39 min
Directed by Alexander Rogozhkin
ComedyDramaWar

Cast

Anni-Kristiina Juuso Ville Haapasalo Viktor Bychkov Mikhail Korobochkin Aleksey Kashnikov Denis Aksyonov

Plot

In 1944 in northern Finland, a Finnish soldier, a Russian soldier and a Sami woman, who speak three languages and don't understand each other, share a farm, in a humane comedy-drama.

Sinekatalog’s take

A warm, funny and humane anti-war film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (8,284 votes)
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