Aleksandr SMOLYANSKY
Александр СМОЛЯНСКИЙ
Aleksandr SMOLIANSKI
Yevgeni TSYMBAL
Евгений ЦЫМБАЛ
Evgueni TSYMBAL
Germany / Russia / France / USA, 2018, 90mn 
documentary
Oskar
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Оскар

 

 Oscar

 Oscar

 
Directed by : Aleksandr SMOLYANSKY (Александр СМОЛЯНСКИЙ), Yevgeni TSYMBAL (Евгений ЦЫМБАЛ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr SMOLYANSKY (Александр СМОЛЯНСКИЙ), Yevgeni TSYMBAL (Евгений ЦЫМБАЛ)
 
Cast
Boris AKUNIN (Борис АКУНИН)
Lyudmila ULITSKAYA (Людмила УЛИЦКАЯ)
Yevgeni KISIN (Евгений КИСИН)
Maya TUROVSKAJA (Майя ТУРОВСКАЯ)
Oskar RABIN (Оскар РАБИН)
 
Cinematography : Viktor DOBRONITSKY (Виктор ДОБРОНИЦКИЙ), Aleksandr SMOLYANSKY (Александр СМОЛЯНСКИЙ)
Sound : Viktor DOBRONITSKY (Виктор ДОБРОНИЦКИЙ), Sergey KOVYNEV (Сергей КОВЫНЕВ), Aleksandr KRASIN (Александр КРАСИН)
Editing : Sergey KOVYNEV (Сергей КОВЫНЕВ), Aleksandr SMOLYANSKY (Александр СМОЛЯНСКИЙ), Yevgeni TSYMBAL (Евгений ЦЫМБАЛ)
Produced by : Aleksandr SMOLYANSKY (Александр СМОЛЯНСКИЙ)
Release Date in Russia : 27/09/2018
 

Awards :
Best documentary Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2018

Plot synopsis
This is the story of the most famous living Russian artist, Oscar Rabin, who challenged the Soviet communist system and managed to prevail. He showed how powerful a weapon of nonviolent resistance can be. It is a refugee success story: a story of love, art, and human dignity. The film shows a lot of archival footage for the first time. Among the narrators are writers Boris Akunin, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Vladimir Sorokin, and Alexander Gorodnitsky; historians Vyach. Ivanov, and Adam Michnik; artists Eric Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov, Oleg Tselkov and Vitaly Komar; and pianist Evgeny Kissin. https://rusdocfilmfest.org/2019-movies-en
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2019
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2018
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2018
- Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2018