been a long time indeed! i vow i must starting writing about films again.
this movie has the hallmark of a could be better film, but it sort of got stuck somewhere, like the story telling could not grow further. the actors are fine, very watchable, in fact the subject matter at hand about murdered children could be expanded into something more in the hands of a more capable director or writer. the background of the story is ukraine after the second world war, when the country suffered greatly under the iron fist of joseph stalin who imposed holodomor (man made famine) on the population leaving many dead and children, parentless. great background, and then the uneasy relationship between married couple leo (tom hardy) and raisa (noomi rapace) who had just got to know the truth about each other went on an investigative adventure to unmask the killer who preyed on children - which is all well - but somehow failed to hit the note.
the film is littered with known names, but i feel something is missing.
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