_J_'s Journal: TIFF 10 - 09/10 - Edge

Edge or Kray

WWII was a different war for the Russians. As we eventually found out up to one quarter of the population was killed and the aftermath allowed Stalin's consolidation of power and the expansion of the labour camps of Siberia. It is in a post-war labour camp where Edge takes place. A shell-shocked train engineer and soldier, Ignat, back from the front is given a sinecure in the labour camp where he makes friends and enemies and where he drinks moonshine like the rest. When he discovers and rescues an old train engine he also brings back a young, beautiful German girl who missed the war entirely in the Siberian Taiga. What follows is a social descent into chaos of the society of the camp when Ignat seeks to protect the girl while staving off his own hatred for her German heritage.

It was a good movie, not a great movie.

7/10.