Signals: Kira Muratova
Overview of films
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Long Farewells
A divorced mother reunites with her teenage son, only to find out that he wants to leave her for his father. Delicate and heart-breaking portrait of l
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Melody for a Street Organ
Two little kids – a brother and a sister – leave their orphanage and embark on a journey in search of their long-lost father. A reversed ‘Christmas Ca
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Brief Encounters
A beautifully unfolding love triangle: a geologist who is always away, his wife who can’t stand her work and a woman who is her friend and his mistres
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Our Honest Bread
A man gets into trouble while trying to fight corruption at his cooperative farm. Muratova’s first feature was directed together with Alexander Murato
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Letter to America
A couple of post-Soviet slackers want to record a video message for their friends who have moved to the United States. Muratova’s view of different ty
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Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Muratova turns this ‘regular’ love triangle – two guys, one girl, all construction workers – into a vivid and elusive poem on the origin and mystery o
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The Certificate
A man wants to get a death certificate for his mother without giving any proof of her death. An episode from The Tuner not included in its final cut.
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The Asthenic Syndrome
A depressed woman has just lost her husband and is about to destroy everything and everybody, but mainly herself. An exhausted man tries to find an es
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Three Stories
Three stories, three murders, three murderers: a man, a woman and a child. Each of these novellas is an exquisite mix of horror and black humour, subt
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On the Steep Cliff
A young man devotes all his time to hunting and bird-catching. The very first film made by Muratova is a lyrical portrayal of the relationships betwee
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The Tuner
A young crook and his capricious girlfriend plan to swindle two elderly ladies. But at first they need to gain their confidence and establish a close
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The Sentimental Policeman
An ordinary post-Soviet policeman finds a baby in the garden and wants to adopt it; this ‘adventure’ turns his life upside down. After the ‘shock ther