Unclenching the Fists

In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 97 mins

Release Date : 2021-09-25

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SPOILERS Born from the Chechen Belsan school hostage incident, this award-winning film is a personal voice that we so often don't hear in the world. You can spend more than the first half of this film wondering why you're watching it. At first I thought, "oh, this is about an abusive father."...

Ada's fists were clenched throughout resembling a state of infancy, and her body wound up tight, such a somatic symbolism of helplessness. It's so affecting that we surely feel the discomfort crawl around in our own bodies when seeing personal space being invaded and the ways of life stifled by ...

Cast

Milana Aguzarova

(Ada)

Alik Karaev

(Father)

Soslan Khugaev

(Akim)

Khetag Bibilov

(Dakko)

Arsen Khetagurov

(Tamik)

Milana Pagieva

(Taira)

Ростислав Алимов

(Son)