Moscow Elegy

Sokurov’s documentary, made as part of his renowned “elegy” series that consists of a free and lyrical format akin to an elegy and invented by Sokurov himself, focuses on Tarkovsky’s exile during the 1980s. The fi lm visits the place where the director lived and episodes linked to his funeral. At the time, Sokurov was still being branded as “Tarkovsky’s disciple”, something he has always emphatically rejected, despite the fact that the director of Stalker intervened directly with the authorities to allow Sokurov’s fi rst feature fi lm to be screened in Russia. Screenwriter Tonino Guerra, who penned Nostalghia (1983), also appears in this fi lm that was edited by Ludmila Feganova, a long-time collaborator of Tarkovksy’s in many of his feature films.

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