Somehow sometime we just know when a movie is going to be good right from the first scene(s). Everything looks and sounds right, we are fully immersed in something totally foreign yet we know we want in and anticipate something special. This 'Quiet Don' is one of the those films. Strangely though, (bit of spoiler alert here), the first part is basically the story of husbands cuckolded by their wives when they leave for war, I'm not spoiling too much here, you just know the man who cuckolds his fellowman gone to the war will be cuckolded himself when he goes to war. So the epic character of the film and the premise of the Soviet Revolution are reduced to a domestic drama (in Part 1). I want to mention that I wouldn't dream of watching this masterpiece with the commentary/voice-over in English. IT sounded awful and I don't recommend it.... luckily, I could turn on the French subs which I must say are extremely well-written, in a very rustic/country folk kind of language which just fits the Russian these Kosacks must speak. Big bravo to translator(s). If you guys read this, would love to know your name.
Review of Quiet Flows the Don
