Highlights
LIMONOV: THE BALLAD
Swiss Premiere
Italy, France, Spain
NEUROTIC BIOPIC
2024, 138'
VO. English
ST. French
In presence of Kirill Serebrennikov, Tuesday November 5.
A formidably staged evocation of the life of Russian poet and writer Eduard Limonov, whose political career oscillated between communism and the extreme right. Fascinating and disconcerting.
A troubled character with an elusive temperament, a frustrated poet in search of glory, a dissident turned nationalist, Eduard Limonov is a figure who seemed tailor-made for Kirill Serebrennikov's exuberant, profound cinema. Adapting Emmanuel Carrère's eponym novel, the Russian director once again deploys the kind of sweeping mise-en-scène that only he can, to trace the tumultuous political career of a controversial but no less fascinating figure. From Moscow to New York, via Paris, Limonov crosses the end of the 20st century as a critical and neurotic observer, constantly reviewing his position on the political chessboard. British actor Ben Whishaw brilliantly takes on the most complex of roles.
Damien Bordard
Damien Bordard
Production
Wildside, FremantleMedia Espagne
World sales
Vision Distribution
Tuesday 5 Nov. 2024 |
20:30
