My second movie this weekend set in Siberia at a gulag during WWII. This one is based a true story of a group of prisoners who walk out of the gulag into the Siberian wilderness to Mongolia, then China, Tibet and finally India. Only 3 of the original 8[?] make it. Peter Weir assembled an international cast including Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Saorise Ronan and Jim Sturgess. Survival meant avoiding civilization, as there was a standing bounty on the heads of escapees. They must cross hostile territory, deserts and finally the Himalayas. The camera backs off to display vast expanses of forests, sand dunes, rocky deserts and mountains then zoom in on the tiny figures moving through the landscape. We learn a bit about each as they come to rely on and trust one another. It’s an amazing tale of heroics and determination by a true master.
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