Pridel angela

soviet regime. a killer. legendary Valaam monastery. a Finnish guest. a child. and new beginning. drawings, prays, beautiful images and new kind of way. a lesson as ladder. step by step. to the redemption. it is not perfect film and the story is in many parts odd puzzle. but its roots are strong. so, like many other Russian films, it is a poem, meditation and map of world. field with memory trees and testimony about the relief of a time. a good cast, an interesting script and a precise director. images as isles of a hided universe and Orthodoxy as spine. it is a religious film in very profound sense. religious for feelings of viewer. necessary for need of self - definition. page of a large series in which legacy of Tarkovsky or Abuladze is foundation for an impressive house. a film about presence of angel in each place of existence. proof - the martyrdom.