Signals: Kira Muratova
Overview of films
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Among Grey Stones
Kira Muratova | 88' | USSR | None
Decline and fall of a society seen through the eyes of its outcasts. Muratova paints an astonishing portrait of adults and children alienated from eac -
The Asthenic Syndrome
Kira Muratova | 153' | USSR | None
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… -
Brief Encounters
Kira Muratova | 96' | USSR | None
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… -
The Certificate
Kira Muratova | 10' | Russia | None
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… -
Change of Fortune
Kira Muratova | 109' | USSR | None
A married woman is accused of killing her lover and barely regrets what she has done. Loosely based on a short story by Somerset Maugham,… -
Chekhov’s Motifs
Kira Muratova | 120' | Russia | None
Using her favourite ‘two-in-one’ motif, Muratova brings together two pieces by Anton Chekhov – the short story Difficult People and the play Tatyana R -
Dummy
Kira Muratova | 32' | Russia | None
Someone cheats a street artist by paying her with fake bank notes, and this sets a chain of tricks in motion. A very original sketch… -
Eternal Homecoming
Kira Muratova | 114' | Ukraine | None
A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously… -
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Kira Muratova | 75' | USSR | None
Muratova turns this ‘regular’ love triangle – two guys, one girl, all construction workers – into a vivid and elusive poem on the origin and… -
Letter to America
Kira Muratova | 20' | Ukraine | None
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… -
Long Farewells
Kira Muratova | 97' | USSR | None
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… -
Melody for a Street Organ
Kira Muratova | 153' | Ukraine | None
Two little kids – a brother and a sister – leave their orphanage and embark on a journey in search of their long-lost father. A…