How i Ended the Summer

Wednesday 9th November, 8.15pm, Brogans Inn, Bandon

How the ended the summer is everything you want from a tense psychological drama set against a chilling backdrop of the spectacular artic wilderness. Popogrebsky manages to create a masterpiece of slow-building tension, spiked with the unpredictability of the elements and of human nature itself.

Pavel (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a young student out of his depth, Sergei (Sergei Puskepalis) a grizzled veteran cut off from his wife and child. They’re wary with each other, distant colleagues with no one else for miles around. Then Pavel receives a terrible piece of information over the radio and sits on it, afraid of Sergei’s shoot-the-messenger reaction.

It’s a film about trust, fraying communication, wilderness survival tactics and what the light does at sunrise. A beautifully shot, gripping and superbly acted Russian drama, this is a film that will have you at the edge of your seat. It was a much deserving winner at the Berlin Film Festival.