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SVOLOCHI

11.07 - 17.00 Moscow Cinema, Red Hall
13.07 - 14.00 Nairi Cinema, Large Hall
14.07 - 13.00 Moscow Cinema, Red Hall
2006, Russia, 98 min.

Armenian Panorama
Feature

Script.: Vladimir Kunin, Aleksandr Atanesyan, Dir.: Aleksandr Atanesyan, Dir. of Phot.: Dmitriy Youshenkov, Compos.: Arkadiy Ukupnik, Sound: Yulia Egorova, Pavel Shuvalov, Edit.: William Sharf, Tchavdar Georgiev, Prod.: Yuri Kushneryov, Gevork Nersesyan.
Cast: Andrei Panin, Andrei Krasko, Aleksandr Golovnin, Sergei Rychenkov.

The year is 1943. Colonel Vishnevskiy receives an order from the government to train a group of saboteurs - who should stop the actions of a German army group called "Edelweiss". The mission is a top-secret one. Vishnevskiy trains 14-15 year old juvenile criminals. They know that when the mission is over they will be eliminated since they all know too much to be left alive.

Alexander Atanesian

Born 1953.
Graduated from the Department of Linguistics, Tbilisi Pushkin Pedagogic Institute; in 1989, Moscow Higher Courses for Directors (Roman Balayan’s workshop.) As a co-director, worked with Sergei Parajanov, Alexander Rekhviashvili and Nodar Managadze. As a director, started with short films: Duchess de Montemajor’s Letters (1983), King Louis II Bridge (1989), The Dance (1990), In 2000, made his first feature length film, 24 Hours.

Filmography
24 Hours (2000), Summer Rain (2002), Svolochi (2006).

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Script/Dir.: Marco Bellocchio, Dir. of Phot.: Alberto Marrama, Compos.: Ennio Morricone, Prod. Design.: Gisella Longo, Edit.: Silvano Agosti, Prod.: Enzo Doria.
Cast:. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil.

On a rural estate live three brothers, a sister, and their blind, religious mother. Three of the siblings have epilepsy, the fourth and eldest, Augusto does not, and he's about to break away from the family: he's in love with Lucia and planning to move to the city. Augusto's sister Guilia tries to frustrate the lovers, while another brother, Alessandro, hatches a far-reaching plot to free himself of his mother's demands and other family responsibilities, to give Augusto the wherewithal to leave with Lucia, and, perhaps, to pursue incestuous impulses with his sister.

Awards
Silver Ribbon - Best Original Story, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1966; Silver Sail, Locarno IFF, 1965.

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Script/Dir./ Dir. of Phot./Prod.: Cristobal Vicente, Compos.: Carlos Canales, Toto Alvarez, Sound: Mario Diaz, Rafael Huerta, Cristobal Vicente. Edit.: Cristobal Vicente, Carlos Klein.

This film presnts a record of the last working year of the old prison of Valparaiso, which closed in 1999. It is a homage to the prison and to the values and customs of the men, who have secretly lived within it during its 150 year history.

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