Aleksandr ZELDOVICH
Александр ЗЕЛЬДОВИЧ
Aleksandr ZELDOVITCH
Russia, 2021, 139mn 
fiction
Medea
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Медея

 

 Médée

 Medeya

 
Directed by : Aleksandr ZELDOVICH (Александр ЗЕЛЬДОВИЧ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr ZELDOVICH (Александр ЗЕЛЬДОВИЧ)
 
Cast
Tinatin DALAKISHVILI (Тинатин ДАЛАКИШВИЛИ) ...Medea
Yevgeni TSYGANOV (Евгений ЦЫГАНОВ) ...Aleksey
 
Cinematography : Aleksandr ILKHOVSKY (Александр ИЛЬХОВСКИЙ)
Music : Aleksey RETINSKY (Алексей РЕТИНСКИЙ)
Produced by : Anna KACHKO (Анна КАЧКО), Tatyana OSTERN (Татьяна ОСТЕРН), Aleksandr ZELDOVICH (Александр ЗЕЛЬДОВИЧ)
Production : Кинокомпания «11» (Kinokompaniya 11)
Film revenue in Russia : 0.009743 million dollars
Spectators : 1 728
Release date in Russia : 18/11/2021
 

Awards :
Best Cinematography Aleksandr ILKHOVSKY , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021
Best music Yuri KRESTINSKIJ , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021
Best Cinematography Aleksandr ILKHOVSKY , Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2021
Best music Aleksey RETINSKY , Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2021

Plot synopsis
A modern interpretation of the myth of Medea: A woman commits a grave crime for the sake of her future with the father of her two children. However, it causes him to withdraw from her. Feeling betrayed, she tries to fill the void with sex and religion but it drives her to revenge.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Aleksandr Zel'dovich: Medea (2021), Lilya NEMCHENKO, Kinokultura, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2022
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2022
- Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2021
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Film Festival Locarno, Locarno (Switzerland), 2021