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The Ascent - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) Rémy Belvaux A dark coming-of-age tale whereTwo Soviet partisans are separated from their unit in the frozen wastes of occupied Byelorussia during World War II and forced to seek shelter, setting them on a path that leads to capture, torture, and a choice between survival and principle. Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent, the last film she completed before her death in a car crash at age forty one, is a transcendent masterwork that elevates its war narrative into something sublimea meditation on