Signals: Kira Muratova
Overview of films
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Among Grey Stones
Decline and fall of a society seen through the eyes of its outcasts. Muratova paints an astonishing portrait of adults and children alienated from
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Dummy
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 about the grot
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Passions
Love affairs, horse races and male duels unfold at an isolated hippodrome by the sea inhabited by very extravagant characters. Muratova’s manifesto
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Chekhov’s Motifs
Using her favourite ‘two-in-one’ motif, Muratova brings together two pieces by Anton Chekhov – the short story Difficult People a
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Change of Fortune
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, this film
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Eternal Homecoming
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 burlesq
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Two in One
Stylised and thoughtful absurdist Muratova film consists of two parts that intertwine with each other. Part one is set entirely in a theatre, part
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Second Class Citizens
A woman tries to get rid of the body of her unloved husband who was accidentally killed by a doctor. Muratova calls this impetuous and bizarre film