If you loved The Secret of the Grain, try The Barber of Siberia
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Secret of the Grain, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Barber of Siberia is
A 19th-century steam-powered sales pitch heads east only to stall on matters of the heart. Douglas arrives in Siberia with Jane to hawk an improbable logging machine while she navigates competing suitors. The film steams ahead like its woodchip dreams—just not always in the right direction.

