This $21 million production was Russia's official submission for the at the 88th Academy Awards. It is an ambitious, three-hour saga that attempts to answer a haunting question: "How did it all happen?" The Story: A Tale of Two Russias
A young lieutenant (played by Martinsh Kalita) meets a beautiful, enigmatic married woman on a Volga River steamer. Their brief, intense encounter—which they describe as a literal "sunstroke"—becomes a lifelong haunting memory of a golden, opulent Russia. Sunstroke.2014.US.CUT.WEBRiP.x264.DD2.0.HUN-GS88
Thirteen years later, the same man is a defeated White Army officer held in a Crimean POW camp after the evacuation of the White Army. As he and thousands of others await their fate under the Red Army, he tries to reconcile his memories of romance with the wreckage of his country. Production and "US CUT" Significance This $21 million production was Russia's official submission