Holiday movie watching suggestion.
This week I stumbled upon a gem of a film. The Island, starring Pyotr Nikolayevich Mamonov as Father Anatoly, is a Russian film about a haunted man finding himself a resident of an isolated Russian Orthodox monastery. Gifted with prophecy and discernment, he carries out his humble duties at the monastery stoking the ever hungry coal burning boiler and taking in pilgrims in search of physical healing and other miracles.
Mamonov in real life is a rock musician and actor whom had converted to Christianity in the 1990's and now resides in a tiny village.
Although the soundtrack is in russian, it is subtitled in english.
You can watch it free in low res on YouTube here or if you have a Netflix account you can watch it here.
Want the dvd? You can purchase it here.
