Compartment No. 6

Shot and negatives smuggled at the border of Russia and Finland, this Finnish submission for the Best International Feature Film and Golden Globe nominee of the same category warms hearts with an unlikely friendship story of a student on a road trip to visit Kanozero Petroglyphs and a boorish miner as they share the titular train cabin en route a passage in winter from Moscow to Murmansk.

I absolutely love this. Flawless ❤️

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Compartment No. 6 takes its sweet time, but the final few scenes make it all worth it. There will most certainly be things that don't make sense, but the overarching narrative is one that will lead people to happiness and reflection on the best things in life that may or may not be with them today. Juho Kuosmanen tonally dances a high wire act in this Finnish and Russian co-production. The cinematography when the film is set off the train is pretty wondrous. At the end of the day it's a coming of age story of our lead, Seidi Haarla as Laura who meets up with a crude, but endearing Yuri Borisov as Lyokha. They have a chemistry, but Haara is a revelation. The leads are layered and well defined. A multi-day train voyage leaves the viewers with tons of questions, but enjoy the journey as it's usually better than the destination! Final Score: 8/10

This is an adult drama - a slow, steady movie about two people relating to each other on a long train journey through Russia. Very art house.

Spoiler alert: this comment contains the opinions that might give out the movie end. To me, this movie is about believing your heart. Your eyes, your ears, the impressions, and surface feelings can fail you. The bohemian society of Moscow professors who are highly intellectual and know their trivia turned out to be cruel and deceiving. An ex-prisoner from a tiny compartment space, meeting with whom promised nothing but trouble, turned out to be a guardian angel. And only being out in almost extreme everything (location, weather, state of mind—you name it) makes your heart see what's right for you.

COLD WAR If ever there was a movie for this time in history. This is it. "Compartment No.6" is the creaky train battle ground for a bright Fin and a bellicose Russian, brought together in uncomfortable circumstance. She solo tripping (after a partner bail) to check out ancient petroglyphs. He solo tripping for slavish mine work. Destination Murmansk, as frigid and unforgiving as a quick map query would suggest. The student and the brute. Things don't start well. Booze fuelled and smoke ashes flying, Lhoja inflicts his boisterous party hardy manchild personality on a retreating and recoiling Laura. Cornered, she flees the dungeon compartment to find no sleeping alternatives. A rail ride from hell, perhaps to hell. Hell is involved it would seem. Flip Finland for Ukraine (not much of a stretch in current and past circumstances) and we have a political allegory of current events - a bizarre coincidence. Yet this is more a personal clash where language, ideals, class, and gender are in play. Borders be damned. Out of options, Laura reluctantly returns to her intended journey, keeping the clumsy Russian at arm's length, which proves difficult in their claustrophobic pad. Of course there is more to the simple boor that only time and patience could reveal, the train being the ideal vehicle for a relationship to develop. Where and how this cold war interaction of lost souls goes is the glorious guts of this stark, cramped film. Yuriy Borisov and Seidi Haarla are pitch perfect as the strangers on a train, with little in common, much to despise, and yet an odd dependence that slips out every now and then. The human condition is a funny one, sometimes ha-ha, sometimes strange, and sometimes, if only briefly, confoundingly wonderful. This movie has all the feels, without ever slipping into sloppy cliche. Nazdorovie! - hipCRANK

Exquisite film. The description doesn't do it justice. It's captivating and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Compartment No. 6 (Finnish: Hytti nro 6; Russian: Купе номер шесть) is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film co-written and directed by Juho Kuosmanen 🚂 It's good 🙂 I'd recommend it if you like this genre 👍🏼

Compartment No. 6 tells the story of a woman who ends up in a train compartment with a man she does not know. The two of them start to talk and it quickly becomes apparent that they have a lot in common. As they continue to talk, the woman starts to realize that the man may be more than he seems. As the story progresses, the true nature of the man is revealed, and the woman must decide whether to trust him. The two lead performances are excellent, and the chemistry between the two actors is palpable. The film is visually stunning, and the setting of the train adds to the atmosphere of paranoia and claustrophobia. Unfortunately, the arc of the story becomes predictable early on, and the pace is so slow that one needs to be very patient to get through it. Some may find the payoff rewarding but, for me, it left me feeling hollow. Compartment No. 6 is a well-acted and beautifully shot film that falls victim to its own predictability. If you are willing to take your time with it, you may find something to appreciate. However, if you are looking for a fast-paced thriller, you will be disappointed.