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Totalitarian Romance (Totalitarny Roman)
Russia (1998)
About the film
In 1968, when the Russian-led armies of the Warsaw Pact put a harsh
end to the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, there might have been only
six or seven people in Russia who had the courage to protest. Most
people didn’t know what was going on, and others didn’t care. Young
Muscovite Andrei Sorokin is one of those who makes his voice heard. He
flees Moscow to the Siberian town of Abakan, where his aunt had settled
after many years of imprisonment and exile. Out of sheer boredom, he
goes to the local House of Culture and meets Nadya, a good-looking
propaganda worker. The two very different young people have an affair.
Nadya, approached by the KGB and pressed into collaboration, refuses and
is soon made to suffer for her decision. The filmmaker makes the point
that one can remain a decent human being even in a country with an
indecent regime.
Director's filmography
Vyacheslav Sorokin (Leningrad, 1944) worked after his technical
study as an engineer in a factory. In 1978 he graduated from the
Leningrad Institute for Theatre, Music and Film. His short films
include What Holds The Globe (1981), Detective
Story (1981), Under One Sky (1981),
Original Cocktail (1982), On New Year’s Eve
(1982) and Vacations In January (1982). In 1986
he made his first feature, Once Upon A Time There Lived Doctor
(Zhil-byl doktor, 1984) which he then followed with several
features in a strong socially critical vein: Traffic Fare
(1988) The Temptation (Soblazn, 1987), The
Branded (Mechenye, 1991) On The Bank of the Irtysh
(Na Irtyshi, 1992), and Totalitarian Romance
(Totalitarny Roman, 1998)
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120 min., color 35 mm
Russian with English subtitles
Director: Vyacheslav Sorokin
Screenplay: Marina Mareeva
Dir. of photography: Sergei Astrakhanov, Valeri Mironov
Music: Vadim Bibergan
Editor: Vyacheslav Sorokin
Producer: Vyacheslav Sorokin
Production: Studio TOO "A.K.V.", Goskino Moscow
Cast: Galina Bokashevskaya, Sergei Yushkevich, Svetlana
Kryutchlova, Olga Volkova
Contact: Intercinema Art Agency
Druzhinnikovskaya 15
123242 Moscow, Russia
vox/fax: (095) 255 90 52
vox/fax: (095) 255 90 82
email: intercinema@glasnet.ru
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