A Gentle Creature

A Gentle Creature is a 2017 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. The film was created as an international co-production between France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and Lithuania. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The film is inspired by the 1876 short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Plot A woman lives alone on the outskirts of a village in Russia. One day she receives a parcel she had sent to her incarcerated husband, marked 'return to sender'. Shocked and confused, the woman has no choice but to travel to the prison in a remote region of the country in search of an explanation. So begins the story of a battle against this impenetrable fortress, the prison where the forces of social evil are constantly at work. Braving violence and humiliation, in the face of all opposition, our protagonist embarks on a blind quest for justice. Cast Vasilina Makovtseva Sergei Kolesov Dimitry Bykovsky Lia Akhedzhakova Vadim Dubovsky Roza Hajrullina Sergey Fedorov Marina Kleshcheva Alisa Kravtsova Sergei Russkin Alexander Zamuraev Svetlana Kolesova Valeriu Andriuta Nikolay Kolyada Konstantin Itunin Boris Kamorzin Anton Makushin Sergei Koshonin Viktor Nemets Elena Netesina