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Friday, Oct 30, 2015
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BAMPFA
Durakovo: Village of Fools
(Durakovo: Le village des fous)
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Nino Kirtadze & Michael Guillen in Conversation
World Cinema Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival 2008
A. E. Matthews, Ray Enright, Jumpei Yasui,
An eye-opening documentary shot on the grounds of Durakovo, a “rehabilitation” center outside Moscow. In this gated compound, autocratic leader Mikhail Fyodorovich Morosov lords over the residents, ostensibly helping them gain skills for modern-day society. In his words, he “shapes a new man for a new Russia.” Some initiates have submitted themselves to his indoctrination techniques, while others have been brought to the center by concerned family members. In this microcosm, we see a frightening locus for oppressive behavior and Russian nationalism. Kirtadze’s portrait of life at Durakovo is a metaphor for where Russian leadership is heading today.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Nino Kirtadze
Editor
- Nobuaki Minegishi
Music
- Fujii Nakaya
Language
- Bengali
- German
- Greek, Modern
Print Info
- Color
- DigiBeta
- Silent