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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 35 m
Alexandra

Summary In a desolate, sun-scorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routine of military life, before making a sudden trip to the outlying countryside. (The Cinema Gui...

Directed By: Aleksandr Sokurov

Written By: Aleksandr Sokurov

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 35 m

Alexandra

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Summary In a desolate, sun-scorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routine of military life, before making a sudden trip to the outlying countryside. (The Cinema Gui...

Directed By: Aleksandr Sokurov

Written By: Aleksandr Sokurov

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It's unlike any other war film, in any language.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
100
A film of startling originality and beauty -- feels like a communiqué from another time, another place, anywhere but here.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
88
The point is that for the soldiers, it's a dead zone, life on hold, a cheerless existence. And this plain-spoken old woman reminds them of a lifetime they are missing.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
88
Never the most optimistic of poets, Sokurov does suggest the possibility of dialogue on the individual level, and the hope that by asking difficult questions of one another, these mortal enemies can find answers and reach an understanding everyone can live with.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
The luminous humanity that characterizes the films of Alexander Sokurov is in full force in Alexandra. On the surface, it is a work of the utmost simplicity but is charged with the eternal complexities and contradictions of both love and war.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
75
Alexandra never depicts the soldiers in combat, but Sokurov nonetheless shows how war can break down the social structure, break down family, break the human soul.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
67
The contrast of a warm maternal figure and a remote army outpost is undeniably affecting. But when Vishnevskaya opens her mouth, she spoils the mood.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Proline Film, Rézo Productions, Russian Federation of Cinematography, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Iris Group
Release Date Mar 26, 2008
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.chechen.jp/
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Awards

Russian Guild of Film Critics
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Fajr Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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