alekseevsky

I saw this film yesterday at the Moscow Film Festival, and I was surprised by it's quality. It's a ultra low-budget project, made without expensive gadgets, like DOGMA-films. It's good acting with russian and austrian actors and it's a worth seeing because, to my mind, it's a unique foreign film, where Russians aren't dull savages, drinking vodka all day long. Of course Russians drink vodka, but not all the time. Barbara Graftner shows the difference between Russian and Austrian cultures, but nobody is condemned in her film. It's a good way of thinking, I suppose. And the last one, it's a very funny film.

As a fond of Ozon I was really happy, when Russia became the first country where "Sous le sable" was presented. It's an enigmatic film about an elderly woman, who tried to find her husband. On the beach he went to swim and disappeared. This mystery ruined her life, she tried to substitute husband by lover but failed. "Sous le sable" is a dainty French film about a lone elderly woman under the sand of time. I recommend the film to all fans of good European cinema.

It's a documentary film about hard life of soviet sportsmen. Very vivid and interesting. In 1987 Sokurov had to make another version of film. The original one was too realistic and gloomy for soviet censors. I know, it's difficult to find this film, but try.