Moloch

Moloch is the name given to an evil deity worshipped by divers cultures of antiquity - Greek, Carthaginian, and by idolatrous Jews. This pagan idol, however, has always been associated with human sacrifice, known also as “Prince of the Vale of Tears” and “The Sower of Plague”. Moloch was the title chosen by Sokurov for a study of the day-to-day life of Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun. This controversial film was awarded the Prize for Best Script at the 1999 Cannes Festival and was shown at the 23rd Mostra. In the Bavarian Alps, a solitary Eva Braun receives the visit of the much-feared Führer. He is not alone: Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda and Martin Bormann, his chief adviser, are with him. Orders are not to talk of war, although this is the spring of 1942. The tension, however, is evident in the impatience and discontent in Eva. She knows she is no match to the devotion of her lover to the Reich, and she can no longer bear his absurd discourse and hypochondria. Even so, she is able to understand him. She is the only voice who dares contradict him.

Was born in 1951 in the city of Podorvikha, Russia. His work, even as a student, was unacceptable to Russian bureaucracy, and he was accused of formalism and of assuming "anti-Soviet views". His first feature, The Lonely Human Voice (1978, 26th Mostra) was refused as a graduating project by the VGIK, the Russian Cinema Institute. Sokurov`s films were shown in Brazil since 1997, at the 21st Mostra, with Mother and Son. He had a retrospective of 33 of his films at 26th Mostra, when was also released the first book in Portuguese about his work, Aleksandr Sokúrov, by publishing house Cosac Naify. Among his most important films are Dolce (1999, 24th Mostra), Elegy of a Voyage (2001, 25th Mostra), The Russian Arc (2002, 26th Mostra), Father and Son (2003, 27th Mostra) Alexandra (2007, 32nd Mostra), in addition to the films that complete the Power Tetralogy: Moloch (1999, 23rd Mostra) about Hitler; Taurus, about Lenin (2001, 26th Mostra), and The Sun, about the Japanese emperor Hirohito (2005, 30th Mostra).

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA