Directing
After surviving a deadly attack, a guard on the Soviet-Chinese border decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.
An old-school painter who consciously resists anything modern unexpectedly creates a groundbreaking work of art.
The film is a portrait of an ordinary family, as each of its members tries to manage their own little secrets.
When Nina is unexpectedly asked to cover the night shift at the bar where she works, she struggles to find a way home without spending, yet again, half her pay on a taxi.
