Arts writer
THE Russian House of Technology, Education and Development is presenting a week of Russian films at The Labia in Orange Street until Thursday. The selection of seven films are productions from the Mosfilm stable, a studio often described as the largest and oldest in Russia. Mosfilm’s output includes widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein (commonly considered the greatest Soviet directors), to red westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production Dersu Uzala, and the epic War and Peace.
Films being screened include On the Road to Berlin(2015), a winner of the Jury Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival, which is a second world war drama directed by Sergei Popov. It screens on Wednesday at 2.30pm and Thurs at 5.30pm.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears(1980) is a winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Directed by Vladimir Menshov, it the life story of three girlfriends from their youth to their autumn years. It screens today at 2.30pm and Wednesday at 5.30pm.
Solaris(1972), a winner of the Golden Palm Award at Cannes, this cult sci-fi classic by Andrei Tarkovsky is based on a novel by Polish writer Stanislav Lem and manages to convince without reliance on special effects. Screenings are today at 8.30pm and Thursday at 2.30pm.
Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano(1977) features on Wednesday at 8.30pm. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play Platanov, it’s a tragic farce directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, with music by Donizetti, Liszt and Rachmaninov.
Based on the novel by Ilya Boyashov, White Tiger includes the music of Richard Wagner. It’s an action fantasy about a ghostly-white tank, directed by Karen Shakhanazarov. See it today at 5.30pm and Thursday 8.30pm. All films will be screened in Russian with English subtitles.
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