Winter Journey (2013 film)

Winter Journey (Зимний путь, translit. Zimniy put') is a 2013 Russian drama film about a young classical singer who falls in love with a street thug. The film takes its title from a Schubert song cycle, Winterreise, that the hero, Erik, a music student, is practising for a competition.

Plot
Music student and gifted singer, Erik, is preparing to sing Schubert's Winterreise for a competition. As his teacher slams him for his poor performance, Erik's life is changed irrevocably by a chance meeting with Lyokha, a coarse and aggressive petty criminal.

Cast

 * Aleksey Frandetti as Erik
 * Yevgeny Tkachuk as Lyokha
 * Sergey Taramaev as Slava
 * Egor Koreshkov as Borya
 * Vladimir Mishukov as Pasha

Reception
The Dutch film director Jos Stelling described the film as "a genuine film... [which] went straight to my heart. The theme of the alleged homosexuality hardly played a role for me... To me this film sometimes approached the status of a masterpiece for its cinematographic values".