Garpastum

(2005)

★ 4.7 IMDb · 18 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2005

Runtime: 116 мин

Country: Russia

Director: Алексей Герман-младший

Cast: Евгений Пронин, Данила Козловский, Чулпан Хаматова, Гоша Куценко, Руслан Ибрагимов, Фёдор Лавров, Леонид Мозговой, Павел Романов, Iamze Sukhitashvili, Михаил Карпенко

Plot

Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate about the matches they play on the streets. They hatch a scheme to buy a playing field. But World War I has already begun and soon their lives and dreams will be shattered.