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“Alexandra” by Alexander Sokurov was selected in the competitive programme of the Cannes film festival |
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Also Russia will be presented by the film of Andrey Zvyagintsev “The Banishment”. Festival will take place from 16th to 27th in the palace of Congresses at the Croisette embankment in Cannes.
The art-director of the festival Thierry Fremaux announced that he is glad that “russian cinematograph, which has such great traditions, is coming back in the competitive programme of our 60th anniversary festival”.
“An appearance of russian films at the screens in the competitive section is an evidence of the authentic revival of the russian cinematography, represented by two films: of venerable director Alexander Sokurov and Andrey Zvyagintsev a young, but already took action director”, - Fremaux said.
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| 11 | 12 | 2007 |
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| Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA: A Prayer for Peace |
| A film about war without bullets, bombs, or bloodshed — it’s difficult even to be convinced of “the enemy,” although Alexandra was shot on location in Grozny in the midst of the real war between Russia and Chechnya. But this we kno |
| Diane Sippl, Cinema without borders |
| 11 | 12 | 2007 |
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| ALEXANDRA- According to Alexander Sokurov and Andrei Sigle |
| Known as one of Russia’s most intellectual and spiritual filmmaikers, Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov was born in 1951 in the Siberian village of Podorvikha. He graduated from the History Department of Gorky University in 1974 and, in the same year, |
| James Ulmer, Cinema without borders |
| 03 | 07 | 2007 |
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| Elegiac Russian film looks at life in Chechnya |
| In Alexander Sokurov's elegiac new film, an old woman visits her grandson serving in Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya, and she quickly becomes a magnet for soldiers and locals worn down by years of conflict. |
| CANNES, France (Reuters) |
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