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Dear Comrades!
Film poster
RussianДорогие товарищи!
Directed byAndrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay by
  • Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Elena Kiseleva
Produced byAndrei Konchalovsky
Olesya Gidrat
Alisher Usmanov
Starring
CinematographyAndrey Naydenov
Edited by
  • Sergei Taraskin
  • Karolina Maciejewska
Production
company
Andrei Konchalovsky Studios
Release date
  • 7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) (Venice)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Dear Comrades! (Russian: Дорогие товарищи!, romanized: Dorogie tovarishchi!) is a 2020 Russian historical drama film about the Novocherkassk massacre produced, co-written and directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.[1] It was entered in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.[2][3] At Venice, the film won the Special Jury Prize.[4] It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.[5]

Plot

The film tells about the shooting of a demonstration of workers in Novocherkassk in 1962. Lyudmila is a party worker of the local city committee, a staunch communist. During a workers' strike at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, Lyudmila witnesses the shooting of a workers' demonstration by order of the Government Commission, which is trying to hide the fact of a mass strike in the USSR. During the execution, Lyudmila's daughter disappears in the square, which makes a change in Lyudmila's worldview. Despite the blockade of the city, mass arrests and attempts by the Soviet authorities to hide what happened, she is looking for her daughter everywhere.

Cast

  • Julia Vysotskaya as Lyudmila 'Lyuda' Syomina
  • Sergei Erlish as Lyuda's father
  • Yuliya Burova as Svetka, Lyuda's daughter
  • Vladislav Komarov as Loginov
  • Andrey Gusev as Viktor

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 97% approval rating based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Dear Comrades takes a sharp, commanding look at a dark chapter in Soviet history made even more effective by its director's cold fury."[6] According to Metacritic, which sampled 14 critics and calculated a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, the film received "universal acclaim".[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Andrei Konchalovsky's Venice Competition Title Dear Comrades Snapped Up by Films Boutique". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ Sharf, Zack (28 July 2020). "Venice Film Festival 2020 Full Lineup: Luca Guadagnino, Chloe Zhao, Gia Coppola, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Venezia 77 Competition". labiennale.org. La Biennale di Venezia. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Venice Film Festival 2020 Winners: Nomadland Takes Golden Lion, Vanessa Kirby Is Best Actress". IndieWire. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. ^ "The Union of Cinematographers appreciated the nomination for the "Oscar" of the film "Dear Comrades!"". Teller Report. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Dear Comrades! (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Dear Comrades! Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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