“Equally heartbreaking and inspiring.”
-Tiffany Tchobanian, Film Threat
“Sensitive, eye-opening… a timeless portrait.”
-Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
“Tenderly told… resonates with genuine emotion.”
-Sarah Ward, Screen Daily
BASED ON A FASCINATING TRUE STORY, THIS
POWERFUL DRAMA FOLLOWS A CUBAN PROFESSOR
OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE FORCED TO TRANSLATE
FOR SOVIET CHILDREN FOLLOWING CHERNOBYL
UN TRADUCTOR
Street Date: December 11, 2018
DVD SRP: $24.95
An Official Selection at Sundance, the Award-Winning Feature Debut from
Brothers Rodrigo and Sebastián Barriuso Starring Rodrigo Santoro (“Westworld”), Arrives on DVD/VOD and Digital this December
SYNOPSIS
In the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Malin (Santoro), a Russian literature professor at the University of Havana, is sent to translate for the Soviet children who have been brought to Cuba for medical treatment. While adapting to this emotionally demanding job, the Berlin Wall falls and a deep economic crisis hits the island. But Malin is so entrenched in the lives of the Chernobyl Children that he fails to notice his own family suffering. Now he must find a way to put the fractured pieces of his life back together and become a better person along the way.
Starring Rodrigo Santoro (Love Actually, 300, The 33), one of Brazil’s most acclaimed actors, UN TRADUCTOR was nominated for a 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema competition, and also captured the “Best Director” Golden Goblet for the Barriuso brothers at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
BONUS FEATURES
Bonus Short Film – For Dorian(Written and Directed by Rodrigo Barriuso | Canada | 15 minutes) – A father fears the sexual awakening of his son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD
Running Time: 107 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound / 2.0 Stereo
Language: Spanish and Russian with English Subtitles
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, Sergio Corbucci and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com.
