Synopsis
Russian Cross (2023) — watch online on iFILM — is a Russian drama directed by Eduard Boyakov, adapted from Nikolai Melnikov's poem of the same name. Ivan Rostok (Mikhail Porechenkov) has hit absolute bottom: drinking, idleness, nothing left to live for. Then Saint George appears to him.
Ivan sets himself one task: rebuild the village church that was demolished in the Soviet era. He has almost no money and no skilled help — just a decision he intends to follow through on, for years if necessary. Yuri Kuznetsov and Polina Chernyshova co-star.
Stories about redemption in Russian cinema tend to dwell on the fall. This one is about the climb — the kind of work that changes a man from the outside in, slowly, without speeches. Watch Russian Cross online on iFILM.
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