beanpole (dylda) - 4/5

After my friends and I finished this movie, we all agreed that we felt completely empty inside. Beanpole will take all of your emotions and drain them out of you. Since this is a post WW2 film set in Russia, there is a whole lot of tragedy and sadness. I thought the acting and the use of color is what really made the movie great. Red and green were practically the only colors used during the whole film and I would be interested to learn more about why the director chose those colors. The lesbian theme is kind of a slow burn and takes a lot of patience. If you have 2.5 hours to spare and have a good attention span this could be a really good movie for you.