Note : Mikhalkov cut the film by twenty minutes for its showing in competition
at Cannes
Plot synopsis
The sequel to Nikita Mikhalkov’s Burnt By The Sun, which appeared
in 1994 and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year. The
director’s planwas to retain all the characters fromthe firstmovie and have
them played by the same actors with the exception of one of the main female
roles, that of Marusia. The characters in the movie have to pass
through the hell of the Great PatrioticWar in order to find each other and
to attempt once again to achieve somemeasure of happiness. Burnt By The
Sun 2 comprises two full-length feature films, entitled The Exodus and The
Fortress, respectively.