The Story
A Russian father and daughter dream of each other while trying to survive an invasion by Nazi Germany during World War II. Burnt by the Sun 2 (Russian: Утомлённые солнцем 2, translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Predstoyanie) is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by and starring Nikita Mikhalkov. The film consists of two parts: Exodus (Предстояние, literally ‘Prestanding’) and Citadel (Цитадель). It is the sequel to Mikhalkov’s 1994 film Burnt by the Sun, set in the Eastern Front of World War II. Burnt by the Sun 2 had the largest production budget ever seen in Russian cinema ($55 mln).