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Roads to Koktebel (Koktebel)

Roads to Koktebel (Koktebel) (2003)

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The Russian writing/directing team of Boris Khlebnikov and Alexei Popogrebsky makes their feature debut with the road movie Koktebel. Starting in Moscow, a widowed alcoholic father (Igor Chernevich) and his 11-year-old son (Gleb Puskepalis) set out on foot headed for the Crimean town of Koktebel.… More

Unrated,
Directed By
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Written By
Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksei Popogrebsky
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International
In Theaters
Jan 1, 2003 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Anton Bitel, Eye for Film

    here the father and son are not so much returning home as trying to build a new one on the foundations of Russia's history, in a terra incognita where values, and even names, have changed.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A road movie that plays out as a restrained human drama, that's mysterious and keenly observant.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dr Blood  


    It's not the best film in the world because it suffers from lag in a few places and tries to be a bit too clever with the camerawork. Even so, it's still interesting to see parts of Russia which usually never make it to the big screen and the story itself is quite touching.

  • Hal M


    Shot in the lingering, moody style of Terence Mallick, this a "road" movie of a father and son (age 10) in contemporary Russia. Dad's jobless and flat broke. So now they're traveling any way they can to get to Koktebel a thousand miles away on the Crimean coast,… More

  • FanGirl B


    I liked it up until the end (I do NOT like cruelty to animals).

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