Country of the Deaf

Country of the Deaf

Directed by Valery Todorovsky

Produced by Compagnie des Films, Gorky Film Studios

1998105 min6.8 / 10

An offbeat character-driven drama about two women from opposite worlds forming an unlikely bond amid danger and desire, blending crime-thriller elements with intimate emotional exploration.

Strana Glukhikh is about an unusual relationship between two women, one of them a deaf-mute dancer and the other on the run from the mafia. Yaya, the deaf girl, offers to hide Rita whose boyfriend, Alyosha owes gambling debts to the mafia, but in return she wants her to leave the young man and run off with her to an imaginary paradise where material values do not exist.

Questions people ask

  • Is Country of the Deaf scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Country of the Deaf sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Country of the Deaf easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Does Country of the Deaf end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Country of the Deaf violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

63/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise52

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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