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  • 2010
  • Seagull Films
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2010
  • Seagull Films
  • 2 h 10 m

Summary When asked in an interview whether he ever intended to return to his Motherland, Joseph Brodsky replied: "Such a journey could only take place anonymously...". The creators of this film imagined that the journey in question was undertaken after all, selecting the genre of an ironic fairytale. The poet sails to the country of his childhoo...

Directed By: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy

Written By: Yuriy Arabov, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy

  • 2010
  • Seagull Films
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2010
  • Seagull Films
  • 2 h 10 m

Room and a Half

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Summary When asked in an interview whether he ever intended to return to his Motherland, Joseph Brodsky replied: "Such a journey could only take place anonymously...". The creators of this film imagined that the journey in question was undertaken after all, selecting the genre of an ironic fairytale. The poet sails to the country of his childhoo...

Directed By: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy

Written By: Yuriy Arabov, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy

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83
For those who can’t abide conventional biopics, here’s a viable alternative: A Room And A Half, a fantastical, imaginative depiction of the life of Nobel-winning Russian poet Joseph Brodsky.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
80
In this ecstatically fanciful film, Russian filmmaker Andrey Khrzhanovsky brings the acclaimed Nobel Laureate back home via his sonorous verse and a montage of archival footage, wickedly doctored photos, re-enactments, and puckish animation featuring two crows and a very large cat.
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Despite its moments of pathos and its expressions of homesickness, A Room and a Half, is an uplifting comedy. Like Fellini’s screen reminiscences, it is suffused with a hearty appreciation of the world’s absurdity, along with a hungry appreciation of its beauty.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
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A fanciful and melancholy portrait of exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
60
So while his live-action scenes leave much to be desired, Khrzhanovsky fills the margins of A Room and a Half with glorious doodles: yawning cats penning love letters to former flings; spectral violins floating high above the city; spiky silhouettes pouring out of a truck to bring violence to the ghetto.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW

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Production Company School Studio 'Shar'
Release Date Jan 22, 2010
Duration 2 h 10 m
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Awards

Nika Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Russian Guild of Film Critics
• 4 Nominations
Mar del Plata Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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