Description |
1 online resource (118 min.) |
Summary |
After Venya's mother receives a call from school reporting her son's refusal to participate in mixed swimming lessons, she first suspects her teenager of being shy and derides his claim that it is "against his religion." As Venya is finally exempted by the school's devout principal, he grows confident that his strict and rigorous study of the Bible gives him the ability to manipulate all forms of authority. Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community. At a time when arguments over the teaching of religion in public schools are prominent in the media, this wildly escalating classroom drama - based on a play by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg - serves as a frightening cautionary tale |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed March 02, 2018) |
Cast |
Viktoriya Isakova, Pyotr Skvortsov, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Yuliya Aug |
Notes |
In Russian with English subtitles |
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Won 2016 Cannes Film Festival, François Chalais Award |
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Won 2016 European Film Awards, European Composer Award |
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Won 2017 FEST International Film Festival, Best Film- Main program |
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Won 2017 FEST International Film Festival, Best Actor |
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Won 2017 FEST International Film Festival, Best Director |
Subject |
High school students -- Mental health -- Drama
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Religious fanaticism -- Drama
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High school students -- Mental health.
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Religious fanaticism.
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Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Films de fiction.
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Thrillers (Films)
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Serebrennikov, Kirill, 1969- director.
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Stewart, Ilya, producer
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Safarova, Diana, producer
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Kozyrev, Yuriy, producer
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Under the Milky Way (Firm), production company
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Wide (Firm), production company
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Hype Film (Firm), production company
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