Russian Film: Dersu Uzala

Legendary director Akira Kurosawa (Dreams, The Seven Samurai) helms this vivid adaptation of Russian explorer Vladimir Arseniev's memoir. Dersu is an aging indigenous tribesman who befriends and guides Arseniev. He eventually clashes with the increasingly modern and foreign world around while contending with his own deteriorating abilities. In Russian with English subtitles. 141 minutes.