Repentance

A movie of modest means that nevertheless offers a fairly cohesive story and at least one standout performance.

Repentance is an acid sendup of Stalinism’s cruel absurdities, which was itself banned for a pre-years.

Despite convincing performances, the fatal flaw is the attempt to meld two genres together that don't quite work.

A mopey thriller that unsuccessfully tries to blend psychological portraiture with pointless tension derived from torture, Caland's film wastes two performances that outstrip the material's intelligence deficit.

Repentance likes to imagine it traffics in shock, but it's the kind of movie where everyone and everything is exactly as they appear.

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