Special Screening of 'Tsar' film by Pavel Lungin - 4 May, 8.40 pm, Cine Lumiere, London

[Alissa Timoshkina]

Special Screening of the latest film by Pavel Lungin

TSAR
Russia | 2009 | col | 116 mins | dir. Pavel Lungin, with Piotr Mamonov, Oleg 
Iankovski, Alexandre Domogarov | cert. tbc 

16th century. In Russia, conspiracies fill the air and chaos looms. Ivan the 
Terrible strongly believes he is invested by a holy mission. He establishes an 
absolute power, smashing with an astounding cruelty whoever gets in his way. 
During this reign of terror, the Head of Church, Filipp, great scholar and Ivan’s 
close friend, dares to stand up and raise himself against the Sovereign’s 
mystical tyranny. Ivan IV is played mastefully by Piotr Mamonov, and the late 
Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky performs the mighty role of Filipp. This historical 
fresco is not only a feast for the eyes but also a window onto an important 
period of Russia's history which the director believes is a metaphor for Russia 
itself. Pavel Lungin won the Director’s Award for Taxi Blues at Cannes Film 
Festival in 1990, and also a Special Mention for the entire cast in The Wedding 
in 2000.


'A whirlwind of violence and passion' -Le Figaro
'It takes a brave filmmaker to follow in the footsteps of Sergei Eisenstein' - 
Screen International
Un Certain Regard selection, Cannes Film Festival 2009

organised by KinoKino and Cine Lumiere 
http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/films/tsar
supported by GLAZ www.glaz.co.uk 

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