Aleksandr Sokurov
June 14, 1951 · 75 years old
Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long…
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6 titles
Russian Ark
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Faust
A despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.
Mother and Son
A man goes for a walk through the countryside with his dying mother.
Francofonia
A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
Alexandra
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya.
Whispering Pages
A hungry, homeless, socially isolated and socially alienated young man living on the streets of an anonymous Russian big city in the 19th Century is looking for answers about himself.