我住的房子?1957

　　T(hey do not show war in , this film, t) (hey! ( show people an!)d their dre?ams and ho, #pes ruined by%] the war._/ It is n.)o(*=t j+.ust a$ no=\;t, h:)$er "war film&=\quot, but it rise\s /to the
$le;$]vel _of( a .t )rue Tragedy. Not a pr#[opagandist *,or a]+: sob ),s /tory. Many critics com$ @pare [this film to ano_,the!-r*@ ?fa =mo=: us Russian war d_=ra.;ma, The C(?ranes.[ Are Flying. I.: sti
-`ll think t$;-hat T;
he House I Live in is bett
))er, though, i\f you: 've seen T
=he C=( ranes and liked i:t,/@(^ most p-^robably you'll lo`-ve ,this on +e either.!/_$ Both films \
were shot in 1957 and treat the : ) war the)m#$e fro!. m the simil=(^ar;# human\@e perspecti !ve. I wou.`ldn9.t cut a single shot from

the fil^m, all *%of==? [_t?+
!he#^m are just+ in place. _I do no!t !-know; if$ it can b#e f -ound o ^ut !s`ide Rus?\sia, if yes, do n'
t \mi(s:!s _ i= t.　_　^Many \critics pointed , out resembl`anc]$es betw:een D.om, V **Ko.tor]$`om ^Ya) Zh/ivu (The=*, House I Live %In) an.^*d;%$ t%]he better-known Sov)iet fil]$m The +C($r%,anes are F?/ly^ing. Set in the years ;!pri:or to and d:uring !WWII, the st`+ory( c$[enters on the various residents ^of a
* co-op ho`use. Tho`]ugh the$ directors never show the war itself!,=, _.i`_[ts tragic i
,mpact[ is -^\=f/e^lt th
 rou.$g:?hout the ^film. An$d despite t^-]he; pot;=e*ntial for Soviet p(r*opa ]gan,*d^)?a, wh#=at sticks in /(.the ;#mind is the uni_+:versa%lity of t][,(he expe?-!riences( endured by the leading characters.=@ Dom.,_* V $]Kotorom % Ya Zhivu was one of Rus[@@!sian&/[ #@+39s entr/?ies in .the$= 1958 Brussels Fil m Festival.