Pavel LUNGIN
Павел ЛУНГИН
Pavel LOUNGUINE
Russia, 2009, 116mn 
Colour, fiction
Tsar
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 Tsar

 Tsar

Other titles : Иван Грозный и митрополит Филипп (Yvan le Terrible et le métropolite Philippe)
 
Directed by : Pavel LUNGIN (Павел ЛУНГИН)
Writing credits : Aleksey IVANOV (Алексей ИВАНОВ)
 
Cast
Aleksandr DOMOGAROV (Александр ДОМОГАРОВ) ...Alekseï Basmarov
Nastia DONTSOVA (Настя ДОНЦОВА) ...Macha
Ville HAAPASALO (Вилле ХААПАСАЛО)
Ramilya ISKANDER (Рамиля ИСКАНДЕР) ...Maria Temrioukovna
Yuri KUZNETSOV (Юрий КУЗНЕЦОВ) ...Maliouta Skouratov
Aleksey MAKAROV (Алексей МАКАРОВ) ...Kolytchev
Pyotr MAMONOV (Пётр МАМОНОВ) ...Yvan le Terible
Ivan OKHLOBYSTIN (Иван ОХЛОБЫСТИН) ...Vassian
Oleg YANKOVSKY (Олег ЯНКОВСКИЙ) ...le métropolite
 
Cinematography : Tom STERN (Том СТЕРН)
Production design : Sergey_3 IVANOV (Сергей_3 ИВАНОВ)
Produced by : Pavel LUNGIN (Павел ЛУНГИН)
Production : Profit, Studio Lungin
Film revenue in Russia : 5.3 million dollars
 
Release date in France : 2010-01-13, Site

Awards :
Best actor Oleg YANKOVSKY , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2009
Best Set Decoration Sergey_3 IVANOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2009
Best actor Oleg YANKOVSKY , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2009

DVD with subtitles
Editor : France Télévisions. 2010.
Bonus : Interview de Pavel Loungine par Marc Iskenderian dans le magazine Quoi de Novo ?, diffusé sur Orange cinéma séries

Plot synopsis
16th century. In a plotting Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is invested by a holy mission. He establishes an absolute power, smashing with an astounding cruelty whoever gets in his way. During this reign of terror, the Head of Church, Filipp, great scholar and Ivan’s close friend, dares to stand up and raise himself against the Sovereign’s mystical tyranny.
Source : www.festival-cannes.fr/en
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Tsar de Pavel Lounguine : un grand moment de cinéma russe, Armelle BARGUILLET HAUTELOIRE, voyages.ideoz.fr, 2010
Le cinéma russe, vingt-cinq ans déjà..., Marilyne FELLOUS, kinoglaz.fr, 2010
Pavel Lungin : Tsar (2009)(2), Stephen NORRIS, kinokultura.com, 2010
Pavel Lungin : Tsar (2009), Kevin M. F. PLATT, kinokultura.com, 2010
Жоэль Шапрон :"В России нужна организация, занимающаяся продвижением всех фильмов, без исключения", Interview, kinoglaz.fr, 2009
Joël Chapron : "Il faut, en Russie, une institution qui promeuve tous les films sans exclusive", Interview, kinoglaz.fr, 2009
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo (Egypt), 2018
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2015
- Russian film festival in Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France), 2012
- Les rencontres culturelles Russenko, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (France), 2012
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- Cinémas russes à Montauban, Montauban (France), 2011
- Seville European Film Festival : SEFF, Seville (Spain), 2011
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2010
- Copenhagen International Film Festival / CPH PIX, Copenhagen (Denmark), 2010
- Russian Film Festival, Orléans (France), 2010
- Cinéma russe à Montbéliard, Montbéliard (France), 2010
- Rуtrospective Pavel Lungin at the Cinémathèque de Nice, Nice (France), 2010
- Mini Festival du film russe au Ciné Cubic à Saverne, Saverne (France), 2010
- Les Cinglés du Cinéma, Argenteuil (France), 2010
- Moscow, St-Petersburg : two faces of Russia, Paris (France), 2010
- Festival Cinémascience, Bordeaux (France), 2010
- Festival "Etonnants voyageurs" à Saint Malo, Saint Malo (France), 2010
- Europe around Europe, Paris (France), 2010
- Semaine russe au Ciné-Parvis Le Méridien de Tarbes, Tarbes (France), 2010
- Semaine de cinéma russe à la cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image d'Angoulême, Angoulême (France), 2010
- Rencontres du cinéma européen, Vannes (France), 2010
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2010-01-13
- Tbilisi International Film Festival, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2010
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2010
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2010
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2010
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2010
- Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival, Kustendorf (Serbia), 2010
- Seattle International Film Festival : SIFF, Seattle (USA), 2010
- International Film Festival Listapad, Minsk (Belarus), 2009
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2009
- Cinemania : World Film Panorama, Sofia (Bulgaria), 2009
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2009
- Arras International Film Festival, Arras (France), 2009
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2009
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2009
- Russian Film Festival, Riga (Latvia), 2009
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2009
- Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw (Poland), 2009
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2009
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2009
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2009
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2009
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm (Sweden), 2009
- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2009
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2009
- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2009

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