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Movie Nights in Moscow

Rana Mitter travels to Moscow to meet the heirs of Eisenstein and Tarkovsky, and explores the new Russia through its cinema.

In the 1990s much of Russia fell apart, including its film industry. Stray dogs ran through abandoned studio lots, cinemas fell into disrepair and the few films produced glorified gangsters. A decade later and new multiplexes, vampire blockbusters and international acclaim have brought Russian cinema back from the brink.

Oscar-winner Karen Shakhnazarov and young directors Vasily Sigarev and Alexey Popogrebsky are among those Rana meets in the cinemas and cafes of Moscow. On screen are unhappy families, snow-bound landscapes, seedy coastal resorts, Neo-Nazis, Soviet-era teddy-boys and a little girl who thinks she's a wolf cub.

At the historic Mosfilm studios, and visiting film screenings and festivals, Rana asks how Russia is changing, how the past is being re-packaged and what Russian politicians, producers and punters would most like to see on a night out at the movies.

Producer: Julia Johnson.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 25 Aug 2010 22:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Nov 2009 21:30
  • Wed 25 Aug 2010 22:00

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