We saw the Russian Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем; 1994), which won the 1994 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. However, I felt it was just too long, with the first hour plus meandering endlessly. When the secret policeman finally drags off his rival, it seems only fair, even if he feels suicidal about it later. Still, the director Nikita Mikhalkov and especially his daughter Nadezhda Mikhalkova act well.