"Krotkaya" at Werkstatkino, Munich
Hard hitting and evocative is what Krotkaya is. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa "Krotkaya," meaning a gentle creature in English, traces the life of a woman who sets out on an arduous journey to a Siberian prison city in search of the whereabouts of her imprisoned husband. All her life, she has been a stoic sufferer, enduring the never ending routine of verbal and physical violence. Krotkaya has some cinematically rich m…