Andrey Konchalovskiy’s ‘The Postman’s White Nights’ (2014): An Uncannily Moving Portrait of a Forgotten Community

By Arun Kumar

The Postman’s White Nights (2014) is an elegiac poem about a gradually perishing community. Director Andrey Konchalovskiy’s unforced quasi-documentary approach and perfect realization of this almost mythical atmosphere offers a deeply reflective cinematic experience.