简介：”KiraMuratova,thegrandedameofEasternEuropeancinemareturnswithherrichest,mostimposingvisionofsocietaldecayandpersonalefflorescencesinceTheAesthenicSyndromeencapsulatedaverydifferentmomentintheformerSovietUnion'shistoryin1989.SetlargelyinthevastcentralrailwaystationofKiev,acasino,ashoppingarcadeandthesnow-blanketedstreetsbetween,Melodyisamajesticallyrealisedpageantoftheburgeoningneweconomyofinequality.LikeDickensianorphansorchildreninafairytale,amotherlessbrotherandsisterarriveinthecityandtraipsethroughfestiveChristmasstreetslookingfortheirrespectivefathers… Theheedlessadultswhorusharoundthemareendowedwithvaryingblendsofself-preoccupation,larceny,skepticism,boredom,gluttony,panic,butevenattheirmostappallingthesecaricaturesofurbaninsanityaredisturbingly,sometimesevenhilariouslyfamiliar.Muratova'svisionof21st-centurydecadenceisthrillinginitsripetheatricalityandself-consciousdramaticheft,yetitsthunderousdamnationcouldawakenthemostjadedsoul.Thisdeeplyunfashionablefilmissomekindofmasterpiece.”–BGattvnz.co.nz/new-zealand-international-film-festival/…