Poignant, funny, bittersweet, sweepingly cinematic, poetic, and maybe even a tad disturbing.
The Russians really do have a genetic gift for melancholy, I think. This guy may displace Pasternak! Laura from Dr. Zhivago, step aside. There is a new star in the firmament, a new heartbreaking love-object just out of reach. And her name is
Sarah!