Beanpole (2020)

I loved Beanpole (Дылда). Kantemir Balagov's movie is sooo Russian. It is a lonely film about two young women dealing with tragedy and the debts they owe one another. It's also about lesbian desire and both a resistance to and pull toward motherhood. In many ways it is also about the Soviet Union and dealing with the aftermath of the war. It is filled with brilliant performances and a preoccupation with the color green, and it is directed with deep sympathy and feeling. It's really not to be missed.