TV tonight: a remarkable film about a Soviet-era sanatorium

<p>This fascinating documentary will linger in the mind after watching. Plus: Aimee Lou Wood’s will-they-won’t-they drama concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening</p><p><strong>10pm, BBC Four</strong><strong><br></strong>A remarkable film recorded over the course of a summer at Kuyalnik sanatorium in Odesa. Despite the conflict in Ukraine, the war is a background presence. Instead, this has the feel of a Wes Anderson film: a vast, sprawling, anachronistic Soviet relic surrounded by allegedly life-giving mud, and boasting the kind of equipment that would have been state of the art 100 years ago. An atmospheric piece that will linger in the memory. <em>Phil Harrison</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/21/tv-tonight-a-remarkable-film-about-a-soviet-era-sanatorium">Continue reading...</a>