Cuckoo!

Writer/director Alexander Rogozhkin has a way of lapsing into cuteness when the story calls for something more challenging, but The Cuckoo eventually finds its own kind of light, ridiculous tone that generally doesn't talk down to the characters.

A wondrous, funny and moving little film.

It's quite a treat.

Rogozhkin brings a needed sense of humanity to this well-realized war film.