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A Small Giant of a Big Sex
Marat, the main character of this comedy, works as a photographer on a beach of a small seaside resort. But it is the least important…Published on: -
Prorva
Unusual glimpse from the inside of the Stalinist Soviet Union; the KGB elite of KGB led the life of Hollywood film stars. But under the…Published on: -
Reflection in the Mirror
When a successful actor (played by Victor Proskurin, ‘the husband of’) stops working, he loses his own identity. The characters he played and the maskPublished on: -
Tolko smert prikhodit objazatelno
Idiosyncratic and beautifully-photographed film from present-day Russia portraying a small community; a society which looks like ours, despite differences in language, culture and religion. The…Published on: -
Papa, vadertje vorst is dood
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Elegia iz rossii (Etyudy dla sna)
This most recent film by Sokurov and his team is based on a continuous and fluent structure. The film has been made with the aid…Published on: -
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…Published on: -
De rivier Okkervil
This Dutch debut made on a small budget was shot entirely in the studios of Lenfilm (St. Petersburg). Fiction is mixed with animation (partly devised…Published on: -
Chapiteau-show
Light-hearted epic on four kinds of communication (love, friendship, respect, collaboration). Not just another Russian ‘art-flick’ but an off-beat manPublished on: -
Cross
On a summer’s day, everything ends at a beach where nothing reveals what the main character has just been through. But we know, because we…Published on: