Régis Wargnier (''Indochine'') directs his French historical drama, a foreign film Oscar nominee, in a way that allows little perspective on the extent of Stalinist cruelty; even when terrible things happen, they do so sedately. Landscape, costumes, Bonnaire's sad face -- they're all gray. Only ruby-lipped Catherine Deneuve is allowed an expression of personal color in the role of a famous actress who, with Deneuvian grandeur, helps repatriate a fellow daughter of free France.
GO 'WEST' Deneuve (left), Bonnaire, and Erwan Baynaud look for a way out
EW's GRADE
C+Details Rateds: PG-13, Unrated; Length: 125 Minutes; Genres: Historical, War; With: Sandrine Bonnaire and Oleg Menchikov; Distributor: Columbia Tri-Star
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