Toronto IFF 2002 Guide (Piers Handling):
“This is a powerful, foreboding and entirely compelling fairy tale, rich with vibrant, imaginative images. (…) Bodrov has fashioned a film of magic, a modern fairytale rooted in Russian heritage."
FESTIVALS
In Competition, Venice 2002
Contemporary World Cinema, Toronto 2002
Haifa, Hamburg, Pusan 2002
