Siberian Education
“In the mid-1980s, a Siberian gang leader is exiled to a small town on the Ukrainian border where he teaches his grandson the “honest criminal” code.”
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Producer: Gina Gardini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi
Overview
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.
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Cast
John Malkovich
Grandfather Kuzya
Arnas Fedaravičius
Kolyma
Vilius Tumalavicius
Gagarin
Eleanor Tomlinson
Xenya
Peter Stormare
Ink
Jonas Trukanas
Mel
Andrius Paulavičius
Russian Sergeant
Donatas Šimukauskas
Russian Soldier
Vitalij Porshnev
Vitalic
Arvydas Lebeliūnas
Doctor
Arnas Sliesoraitis
Kolyma 10
Dainius Jankauskas
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7.0CinemaSerf
October 30, 2026
This is based on a memoir from a man who lived much of his life in a semi-militaristic Soviet territory in deepest Siberia. It's not the government that provide the authoritative structure though, it's an ultra-hierarchical system that is headed by grandfather "Kuzya" (John Malkovich) and he rules the roost with a zeal…