

Unclenching the Fists
In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.
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- Language
- Ossetian; Ossetic
- loss of virginity
- coming of age
- woman director
- empathetic
Top billed cast
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival2 Sept 2021
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTTMUBI26 May 2023
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival13 Aug 2021
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival13 Sept 2021
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical21 Apr 2022
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival11 Nov 2021
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival10 Jul 2021
- PremiereFestival Premiers Plans, Angers27 Jan 2022
- Theatrical9 Feb 2022
GreeceGR
- Digital / OTTK15Cinobo29 Nov 2022
RussiaRU
- Theatrical25 Sept 2021
TürkiyeTR
- Theatrical13+24 Jun 2022
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Unclenching the Fists was released on 25 September 2021.
Audience reviews
2- B9/10
badelf
8/15/2024
SPOILERS Born from the Chechen Belsan school hostage incident, this award-winning film is a personal voice that we so often don't hear in the world. You can spend more than the first half of this film wondering why you're watching it. At first I thought, "oh, this is about an abusive father." And then, I thought, "oh, another film about a dysfunctional family." There is only the very slightest hint of the true …
- A9/10
Aesara
9/2/2025
Ada's fists were clenched throughout resembling a state of infancy, and her body wound up tight, such a somatic symbolism of helplessness. It's so affecting that we surely feel the discomfort crawl around in our own bodies when seeing personal space being invaded and the ways of life stifled by different masculine forces in Ada's life. There's also a lack of motherly affection and a feminine exemplar within the …
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