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Burnt By The Sun Critique Burnt By The Sun takes place in Stalin-era Russia, beginning with a very peculiar scene where a young man, apparently an employee of the state, visits with this father before he goes on an assignment. The scene is then suddenly changed to the Russian countryside, where peasants are in an uproar over movement of Stalin?s tanks, which crush their wheat in the process. A local general, who turns out to be one of main characters, persuades the tanks to turn around. This general is named Kotov, played by Nikita Mikhalov. Mikhalov also directs the film and casts his daughter Nadia as a main character. Later, a visitor appears in Kotov?s house. Disguised as an ol