THE CUCKOO, from Russian director
Alexander Rogozhkin, is a seriously funny comedy about the universal human
values that lie underneath both, language and culture. The film looks at the
unexpected friendship between three people from different countries at the end
of World War II. A Finn soldier, Veiko (Ville Khaapasalo), a Lapp woman, Anni (Anni-khristiina Juuso), and a Russian soldier, Ivan (Vicktor Bychkov), come very
close together although they are unable to speak each other's languages. As
expected, the "dialogues" are rather incoherent as the three characters
continuously misinterpret each other, which is the main source of the funniest
moments in the film. Beyond the language barriers however, they
manage to communicate love peace and understanding to one another.
The film won a lot of prizes in different Independent Film Festivals, including Best Film and Director at the 2003 Europa Cinema in Viarego, Italy.
"Mr. Rogozhkin maintains a good sense of blood, dirt and sweat, human elements mingled together to keep the action rooted in some degree of reality." Dave Kher. New York Times. 10/07/2003
See the trailer:http://www.moviemaze.de/media/trailer/868,the-cuckoo.html
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