Review of Russian Ark (2002) by Joe B — 15 Feb 2015

Thanks to the director Alexander Sokurov, cinema will now be unable to do anything more to top this..it'll be a great downhill sail from here...

This review of Russian Ark (2002) was written by Joe B on 15 Feb 2015.

Russian Ark has generally received very positive reviews.

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