seeming initially to befriend and support oleg, andrzej is soon exploiting and abusing him, refusing threatening to kill him or his family if he leaves. inspired by real—life tales of modern slavery that add a gritty veracity to the kafkaesque proceedings, director juris kursietis�* film has an urgent documentary—like quality, interspersed with quasi—religious dreams of drowning that somehow universalize the story. dawid ogrodnik is particularly good as oleg's nemesis. a ball of nervy energy who oozes danger, switching in an instant from goofiness to gangsterism — a terrifying combination. as for novopolskij, he plays the sacrificial lamb to a tee, his strangely innocent face perfect for the role of someone trapped in hellish surroundings, stripped of their voice and their identity. oleg is available on mubi from tuesday. to hungary now, where this year's entry from the best foreign film oscar was the lengthily entitled preparations to be together for an unknown period of time. it may not have made the academy's shortlist but that's no reason to miss out on this twisty treat from wri

seeming initially to befriend and support oleg, andrzej is soon exploiting and abusing him, refusingreams of drowning that somehow universalize the story. dawid ogrodnik is particularly good as oleg's nemesis. a ball of nervy energy who oozes danger, switching in an instant from goofiness to gangsterism — a terrifying combination. as for novopolskij, he plays the sacrificial lamb to a tee, his strangely innocent face perfect for the role of someone trapped in hellish surroundings, stripped of their voice and their identity. oleg is available on mubi from tuesday. to hungary now, where this year's entry from the best foreign film oscar was the lengthily entitled preparations to be together for an unknown period of time. it may not have made the academy's shortlist but that's no reason to miss out on this twisty treat from writer director lili horvat. siren wails. natasha stork is martha, a hungarian neurosurgeon living in the us who returns to her homeland after a fleeting encounter with janos at a conference in newjersey. realising that janos is "what i've been looking for", martha a

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