A young lieutenant (played by Martinsh Kalita) meets a beautiful, enigmatic married woman on a Volga River steamer. Their brief, intense encounter—which they describe as a literal "sunstroke"—becomes a lifelong haunting memory of a golden, opulent Russia.
This $21 million production was Russia's official submission for the at the 88th Academy Awards. It is an ambitious, three-hour saga that attempts to answer a haunting question: "How did it all happen?" The Story: A Tale of Two Russias Sunstroke.2014.US.CUT.WEBRiP.x264.DD2.0.HUN-GS88
Loosely based on the works of Nobel laureate —specifically his short story "Sunstroke" and his bitter revolution-era diary Cursed Days —the film operates on two starkly different timelines: A young lieutenant (played by Martinsh Kalita) meets
