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1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from its fellow tribesmen.
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Cast
13 people
Darya Zhovner
Ilana 'Ila' Koft
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Adina Koft
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David Koft
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Avi Koft
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Tower of Silence
Kantemir Balagov Director · Anton Yarush Screenplay Artem Emelyanov Cinematographer
First release May 24, 2017 · Produced in Russia · Production Alexander Sokurov's Fund
Production
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Alexander Sokurov's Fund
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Теснота
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
France · May 24, 2017
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Russia · August 3, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
August 9, 2018 · Theatrical
France
March 7, 2018 · Theatrical
February 17, 2019 · Digital · VOD
December 11, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
April 7, 2021 · Digital · OCS
Greece
November 5, 2017 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
February 8, 2018 · Theatrical
Italy
November 25, 2017 · Premiere · Torino Film Festival
August 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 15, 2018 · Premiere · Vilnius International Film Festival
Netherlands
January 25, 2018 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
March 12, 2019 · Physical · DVD
Poland
August 5, 2017 · Digital
Russia
June 9, 2017 · Premiere · Kinotavr Sochi Open Russian Film Festival
Ukraine
July 22, 2017 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
October 29, 2017 · Premiere · Kyiv Critics Week
November 2, 2017 · Limited theatrical
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