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Availability: Special Order - Usually ships within 3-6 business days. Once you order it, we will order it from our supplier and ship it out to you. We do not bill you for Special Order items until they ship. You cannot cancel Special Order items after purchase. AKA: The Ascent || Wings Released: 2008 [Russia] Genre: Drama Collections:  Criterion Eclipse Series

The Ascent

Wings

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Plot:	Includes the following two Larisa Shepitko flix on 2 discs: "The Ascent" and "Wings".
Overview:	The career of Larisa Shepitko, an icon of sixties and seventies Soviet cinema, was tragically cut short when she was killed in a car crash at age forty, just as she was emerging on the international scene. The body of work she left behind, though small, is masterful, and her genius for visually evoking characters' interior worlds is never more striking than in her two greatest works: Wings, an intimate yet exhilarating portrait of a female fighter pilot turned provincial headmistress, and The Ascent, a gripping, tragic wartime parable of betrayal and martyrdom. A true artist who had deftly used the Soviet film industry to make statements both personal and universal, Shepitko remains one of the greatest unsung filmmakers of all time. Includes the following two Larisa Shepitko flix on 2 discs: "The Ascent" and "Wings".
Running Time:	194 mins. (approx.)
Distributor:	Criterion Collection  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
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