Sergei Loznitza | 2017 | France | Germany | Russia | 143’

When the care package she had sent to her incarcerated husband is returned to sender, and the ‘Gentle Creature’ of the title is unable to get any answers about what has happened to her spouse, she is forced to make the journey to the Siberian prison to find out what has become of him.  Beginning in brutal realism, the film travels back in time as she makes her journey through the early 20th century and beyond. A gripping and absorbing tale.

£7.50 (£5.70)