Paradise (2016)
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Country:
Russia, Germany
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Duration:
131 min
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Genre:
history, drama
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Director:
Andrei Konchalovsky
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Producer:
Florian Deyle, Andrei Konchalovsky
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Cast:
ulia Vysotskaya, Kristian Klaus , Filipp Dyuke, Victor Sukhorukov
About film
Olga (Yuliya Vysotskaya), a Russian aristocrat-emigrant and member of the French Resistance, is arrested during the Nazis raid for hiding Jewish children. In prison Jules, a French Nazi collaborator who is assigned to Olga's case starts to fancy her. It seems he might be willing to lighten her punishment in exchange for intimacy. Olga is ready to do anything to avoid torture, but as the events take an unexpected turn, her hope for freedom fades.
The film is a pinnacle of the later works of director Andrei Konchalovsky, a citizen of the word, who created this drama about war-torn Europe. The film was submitted and then shortlisted, for the Academy Awards from Russia.
Rewards and nominations
- 73rd Venice International Film Festival — Silver Lion, Premio Padre Nazareno Taddei SJ, Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award, Soundtrack Stars Award, Award Bisato d'Oro; nominee: Golden Lion
- 52nd Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) — Founder's Award
- 32nd Haifa International Film Festival (HIFF) — Cinematic Excellence Award
- 50th Hof International Film Festival (Germany) — Best Costume Design, Best Setting
- Golden Eagle Awards 2016 (Russia) — Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress
- Russian Guild of Film Critics Award 2016 (Russia) — Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography
- 18th Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival — The Schoumann Award for Jewish Cinema
- Nika Award 2016 (Russia) — Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress
Director
82-year-old Russian screenwriter, film and theatre director, and producer. He is the President of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, People's Artist of the RSFSR, two-time laureate of the Venice Film Festival. His Siberiade won the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival in 1979. Konchalovsky's film The Postman's White Nights won him the Silver Lion for Best Director and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Screenplay. Paradise, dedicated to the Holocaust martyrs, won three Best Director awards – at the Venice Film Festival in 2016, at Nika and the Golden Eagle awards.
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Speaker:
Andrei Konchalovsky
Along with
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Speaker:
Andrei Konchalovsky
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Director
82-year-old Russian screenwriter, film and theatre director, and producer. He is the President of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, People's Artist of the RSFSR, two-time laureate of the Venice Film Festival. His Siberiade won the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival in 1979. Konchalovsky's film The Postman's White Nights won him the Silver Lion for Best Director and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Screenplay. Paradise, dedicated to the Holocaust martyrs, won three Best Director awards – at the Venice Film Festival in 2016, at Nika and the Golden Eagle awards.
