Product Details

• Actors: Anne Archer, Kip Pardue, Agnes Bruckner, Mia Kirshner, Gregory Hlady
• Directors: Nikolai Lebedev
• Writers: Ezhen Shchedrin, Kam Miller, Maksim Stishov, Paula Young, Yuri Kamenetsky
• Producers: Eugene Efuni, Marius Balchunas
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MTI Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 25, 2006
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FMGTOE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,601 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
10 years ago sarahs gifted & troubled son suddenly disappeared from their home. Finally after many years a new clue turns up as to his possible whereabouts. Convinced that her son is now living abroad sarah travels to russia & is determined not to leave knowing htat her son is within reach. Studio: Mti Productions Release Date: 09/25/2007 Starring: Anne Archer Agnes Bruckner

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Iris Effect (Surreal and Complex Mystery), June 13, 2009

By	Quick Reviews - See all my reviews

This movie is based on a script entitled "Brown Moscow", by Yuri Kamenetsky et al. The movie is professionally done but extremely hard to follow. There really needed to be a "Directors Comments" segment on this DVD. The movie is Surreal and Complex: My 4 star rating is based on this genre.

Here is my description of the plot: Sarah laments her missing son Thomas, who ran away years before. She finds a clue of his whereabouts in a catalog of a painting exhibition in Russia, and she goes there. In Russia, a young boy keeps watching her at at distance and she is confused. Eventually we get to the main mystery, where a woman (Katya) is cared for by her husband, who protects her from memories of the death of her past lover (Thomas) for the last 10-years with gentle care, and drugs when she needs them. Katya has occasional episodes where she goes to Thomas' drowning-site and is puzzled.

The movie's mystery is finally revealed, when at this drowning-site, the husband once-and-for-all convinces Katya that Thomas was long dead - and she jumps into the water. Sarah and the boy (revealed as Thomas re-incarnated) are late arriving on the scene. Thomas jumps in and saves her. (In the water his shape shifts to adult form for dramatic effect).

Katya (her hair flowing) and her rescuer are cast in quite striking imagery, floating slowly down into the deep. The movie ends with Katya evidently going her own way (back to caring husband), and Sarah joins with Thomas the boy. He is painting a picture of Katya and Sarah says "You really miss her ... don't feel bad ... maybe you'll be with her next time"

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Twists and turns that lead nowhere, May 26, 2007

By	Mike Norgaard "Mike - CEU-Hours.com" (www.CEU-Hours.com) - See all my reviews

Wasted about 120 minutes on this one. It has some suspense, but ultimately disappointing in the end. Decent leads into a disappointingly bland and mundane ending.

I would not watch it again.