Firebird

Geronimo1967★7

4y ago

Sergey (Tom Prior) is a young private in the Soviet army based in Estonia. With only a few weeks of his service left, he is designated to look after the newly arrived pilot Lt. Matvejev (Oleg Zagorodnii). Initially very formal, the two begin to bond over their enthusiasm for photography and vodka. Soon, the two are lovers and treading a very dangerous path - not only could they face up to 5 years in a gulag somewhere, but the stigma attached to there activities would be caree…

This is based on a real-life story set in the late 70's to 80's about two Russian soldiers who fall in love, but their relationship was forbidden. The movie definitely had a slower pace, not that it was bad by any means, but it didn't have a happy ending either.