Unclenching the Fists

In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.

Cast

Milana Aguzarova

as Ada

Alik Karaev

as Father

Soslan Khugaev

as Akim

Khetag Bibilov

as Dakko

Arsen Khetagurov

as Tamik

Milana Pagieva

as Taira

Rostislav Alimov

as Son

Reviews

badelf

SPOILERS Born from the Chechen Belsan school hostage incident, this award-winning film is a personal voice that we so often don't hear in the world. You can spend more than the first half of this film wondering why you're watching it. At first I thought, "oh, this is about an abusive father." ...

Aesara

Ada's fists were clenched throughout resembling a state of infancy, and her body wound up tight, such a somatic symbolism of helplessness. It's so affecting that we surely feel the discomfort crawl around in our own bodies when seeing personal space being invaded and the ways of life stifled by d...

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