Hotsunlight
Seen it?2021 | 133 min | Drama, War, Action
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans and history buffs. If you loved Casualties of War or Born on the Fourth of July, start here.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 13 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mikhail Vasserbaum, Maxim Brius
- Vladimir IlinGurevich
- Aleksandr BukharovVlad Novozhilov
- Aleksei KravchenkoGritsay
- Maxim DakhnenkoGoncharenko
- Marina DenisovaNina
- Andrey TerentyevZhenya
- Svetlana TerentyevaOlga
- Gleb BorisovIlya
- Nikita TerentyevDenis
- Gennadiy YakovlevShulga