January 2, 1992 (1992-01-02) (New York City, New York)
Running time
92 min
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Russian
The Second Circle (Russian: Круг второй) is a 1990 Soviet Union drama film directed by Aleksandr Sokurov that tells the story of a young man who tries to deal with his father's death and the difficulties of his burial in a worldly society.
Reception
Slant said of the film: "Meditative, exasperating, and sublime, The Second Circle locates the painful grace of being finally free to gaze deeply into the eyes of the dead father and move on with life and art."[1]