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Celebration

2001·Movie
1h 29min
45
MediocreGoodWatch score

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Big heart, strong craft, no humor.

Energy

Calm and low-key

  • Tension6
  • Fast Pace5
  • Spectacle5

Heart

Deeply moving and melancholic

Much of it is about family.

  • Pathos9
  • Family Dynamics9
  • Melancholy8

Humor

A little humor

Not a comedy at heart.

  • Dark Humor3
  • Wit & Wordplay2
  • Satire & Parody2

World

History, family, and war

Lived-in and easy to get lost in.

  • World Immersion8
  • Dialogue Centrality6
  • Rewatchability6

Craft

Standout characters

  • Character Depth8
  • Direction7
  • Acting7

Style

Functional look and sound

  • Cinematography6
  • Editing6
  • Music Composition6

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About

To mark the 60 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The film is set in a small village in western Russia. It is a story about two days from the life of an ordinary family: a father, a mother and their five-year-old daughter. That’s what Garik Sukachyov says about his film: “On June 22, 1941, a family is celebrating the daughter’s birthday. It is a beautiful sunny day, full of joy and merriment. For the girl, it is filled with important events and adventure – her birthday is celebrated by the whole village, not just by her family. And no one yet knows that tomorrow her father will leave for his work in a district center and come back a few hours later in a home guard uniform only to say goodbye to his family. And that at the moment of their leave-taking the Germans already will be entering the village. And that they will be shot by the river, on the same bank where only yesterday the carefree, happy family was sunbathing and having fun…”
Russian War DramaWorld War IIFamily TragedyVillage LifeHistorical PerspectiveSocial CommentaryBleak OutlookIntrigue and Tension

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Is Celebration worth watching?

45
MediocreGoodWatch score

Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 45/100 (IMDb 5.8). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

What is Celebration rated?

Violence

Content advisories: violence.

How long is Celebration?

1 h 29 min

Celebration runs 1 h 29 min.

What language is Celebration in?

Russian

It was made in Russian. Produced in Russia.