Does anyone want to discuss this film?

I just finished watching it, and I'm surprised that there were so few votes and no topics on it at all. It was pretty fascination, I think. Sadly, and here is a confession, I don't speak Russian and there were no subtitles and so I had no idea what was being said. I think I was able to figure out what the movie was about though, based off of body language and context clues.

So, and please correct me if I'm wrong and if you've seen the movie and can understand the dialogue, but it appears there's a massive game that's going on between these children. I'm not certain as to the object or the goal of this game, but one thing became pretty clear, every child wears patches on their shoulders that denote their faction and if the patches are torn off, they are 'dead' and out of the game.

The concept of the game seems simple enough, and quite fun! I would have liked to play this version of 'tag' then the one in my home country honestly. There does however appear to be something I'm missing. There also appears to be a slight divide between realism and fantasy. For example, the 'graveyard' or 'timeout' area was very surreal and indicated that there was something more than just fun and games going on. As if the kids were competing for something more than bragging right. Perhaps they were fighting for their very own identity or freedom? Why else would they commit themselves to the beach to sit and stare at nothing idly for who knows how long?

Apparently, not 'all' children play this game but there are massive number of them, and they also act out roles associated to warfare. Some were common soldiers but others were commanding officers and apparently a few were nurses? Seems to me this is like a cross between Hunger Games and any MMORPG currently playing. lol

No, I'm just kidding there isn't any Hunger Games themes in this, I think, and I actually liked this movie more than Hunger Games (flame on!).

So, does anyone else have any thoughts to add to this?