Three novellas about murder, violence and death. But mainly about males and females, infants and old people. About paradoxes of human nature and human behaviour. A dark comedy; so dark that its humour makes you shiver and feel scared of your own laughter.
'I don't like men. I don't like women. I don't like children. I'm not fond of people. I would give this planet a zero mark.' This famous statement by Ofa (Renata Litvinova), the femme fatale and serial killer from the second novella, is wrongly considered by some critics to be a 'message' of the film and even Muratova's personal motto. As a result she has been accused of misanthropy. But that's just a common misconception of the highly provocative nature of Three Stories. In fact, this film is a brilliant example of Muratova’s 'dangerous method', which unmasks and undermines common morals in a very playful way, without any fear or sentimentality.
- Director
- Kira Muratova
- Countries of production
- Russia, Ukraine
- Year
- 1997
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 105'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Original title
- Tri istorii
- Language
- Russian
- Producers
- Aleksandr Bokovikov, Igor Tolstunov
- Production Companies
- Odessa Film Studio, Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine, PROFIT
- Sales
- Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre
- Screenplay
- Vera Storozheva, Renata Litvinova, Sergei Chetvertkov
- Cinematography
- Gennady Karyuk
- Editor
- Valentina Oleynik
- Production Design
- Evgeny Golubenko
- Sound Design
- Emmanuil Segal
- Cast
- Renata Litvinova, Sergei Makovetsky