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Russian Resurrection 2011 Film Festival
The eighth annual Australian festival of Russian films, Russian Resurrection, has announced its official line up of films for 2011. The program features 15 outstanding new Russian films, including many Australian and international premieres, along with a retrospective of five Russian classics including the 1980 Oscar® Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS.
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Also included in the stellar line-up is the drama, ELENA, from one of the most successful Russian directors of the past ten years, Andrei Zviagintsev; nominee for Best Foreign Film in the 2011 Golden Globe® Awards, THE EDGE; and BREST FORTRESS, a realistic account to the beginnings of the Second World War and an example of Russia’s ability to produce some of the best war films ever made.
Sure to excite younger festivalgoers, two children’s 3D animations will make their Australian debut at the Festival including the first ever Armenian-Russian co-production, KUKARACHA, and a fantasy film adaption of the iconic ballet, THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D starring Elle Fanning and Nathan Lane.
Russian Resurrection is the largest celebration of Russian culture within Australia and guests can once again look forward to experiencing some famed Russian hospitality and entertainment at each capital city’s.
Following are some highlights of the festival...
Stoker
Set in the mid 1990's, this chilling mafia tale explores the criminal underworld of St. Petersburg. The Stoker (Skryabin), a shell-shocked Afghan war hero, shovels coal into a furnace to heat a building. In his spare time the Stoker remembers the past, his ancestors, and tries to type an epic narrative about a historical outlaw. He is visited by a mafia hitman who uses the furnace to dispose of corpses. The Stoker
chooses to unwillingly comply with the situation but when immediate family members become involved, he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. The blunt provocations and ironic tone is unsettling and present an image of a world where gang liquidations are the norm. Symbolism within the film is prominent with the boiler representing the home, and the fire the corruption and evil that inevitably destroys it. The Stoker is a fantastic and grimly evocative modern tale from the master of Russian crime cinema that looks at life from the perspective of the innocent.
Lucky Trouble
Who said you have to win to get what you want? Sometimes losers triumph. Slava Kolotiloff (Khabenskiy), a tousled school teacher from a sleepy seaside town, comes to conquer Moscow with the manuscript to his first novel. But instead, quite by accident, he conquers the heart of beautiful Nadia (Jovovich). As their wedding approaches, Slava needs only to quit his job and tie up loose ends in his home town before returning to Moscow to start a new life with his new bride. But a number of increasingly bizarre circumstances prevent him from leaving. Meanwhile in Moscow, the wedding celebrations commence and Nadia has to fend off the attentions of her arrogant ex-boyfriend who is desperate to win her back. This is a delicious, warm-hearted romantic comedy with some deft moves and a sporty twist.
Innocent Saturday
On a sunny Saturday in April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. In the town of Pripyat, just outside the Chernobyl zone, weekend activities continue as per usual. As the reactor burns, everyone seems relaxed - girls dress up, some go shopping, there are weddings to attend, drinks with friends and concerts to play. The events of the film take place in the first 24 hours after the reactor
explodes. Valera, a loyal young party official, learns the whole truth about the explosion by chance and becomes an unwitting witness to the catastrophe. He sees the panic of those in charge and realises that every second counts. This is the true story of his attempted escape from the reactor zone. He is faced with an enormous moral choice: save his friends, tell the other residents of the town or follow orders and not stir up panic. Marking the 25th anniversary since the catastrophe, this is an extraordinary film by the great screenwriter, Aleksandr Mindadze, and thrusts us into the merriment and the madness of that time.
Dark World
Following the tradition of past festivals where Night Watch, Day Watch and Black Lightning garnered a cult following, 2011 introduces Dark World a supernatural fantasy based on Russian folk tales. A group of students travel on a folklore expedition to a number of isolated northern villages. In one of the villages, the main character – a girl fascinated by mysticism and the romanticism of life beyond the grave –
finds an ancient tomb and in it a magical shield. When she touches the shield, she awakens the slumbering spirits and brings their anger down upon herself, while at the same time acquiring superhuman capabilities. The students get caught up in a drawn-out struggle against the powers of evil. Dark World is a fun and exciting trip into the complex world of evil. As the director Megerdichev notes “The result can be absolutely unpredictable because the border between the good and the bad is hard to see, but easy to cross.”
Russian Resurection 2011 Film Festival
Dates and Venues:
Melbourne 18028/08/11 Palace Cinema Como and Palace Balwyn Cinema
Brisbane 24-31/08/11 Palace Centro Cinema and Palace Barracks Cinema
Sydney 01-14/09/11 Chauvel Cinema
Canberra 07-11/09/11 Greater Union Manuka
Perth 14-24/09/11 Cinema Paradiso
Adelaide 15-21/09/11 Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Official Site: www.russianresurrection.com
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