**ONE OF 9 FINALISTS SELECTED FOR THE 2017 ACADEMY AWARDS SHORTLIST FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM** **RUSSIA'S OFFICIAL COUNTRY SUBMISSION TO THE 2017 ACADEMY AWARDS FOR THE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM CATEGORY** **WINNER... more » OF THE SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL** Olga is a beautiful Russian countess and member of the French Resistance; Jules is a French-Nazi collaborator who is assigned to investigate her case; and Helmut is a handsome, high-ranking, yet naïve German SS officer who once fell madly in love with Olga and meets her again when she is shipped to a concentration camp. While they recount their stories, the film drifts between the bloody end of World War II and the gilded, halcyon days when their destinies first crossed. Victim, bystander, or monster Konchalovsky collapses these identities, offering a new perspective on the Holocaust. Shot in stunning black and white, the film depicts the morally complex choices that one must make during dark times in search of paradise - a look at the past and its lessons for the present. Bonus Feature includes short film Red Snow. Package includes: Directors' statement, Why-We-Selected statement, and chapter breaks.« less