Monday, September 8, 2014

Andrei Konchalovsky was in Venice “Silver Lion” – BBC Russian

Andrei Konchalovsky

His first prize Konchalovsky Fábregas in Venice in 1962 for a student short film “The Boy and the Dove”

ended on Saturday evening 71 th Venice Film Festival a new job of director Andrei Konchalovsky’s “White Nights postman Alexei Tryapitsyna” received the “Silver Lion”.

The film, shot on a modest budget, without the participation of professional actors , talks about the postman, who lives in the Arkhangelsk region. According Konchalovsky, the script finally formed already during installation.

According to the critics, after the failure of recent works director was able to show the story of a deep and true.

“desire to please someone very seductive and destructive. I’m glad that I’m here at the Venice Festival, and I am glad that the film, which was for me a completely new experience, proved interesting here “, – said Andrei Konchalovsky at the press conference.

“Golden Lion”, the main prize of the Venice Film Festival, received the final part of the trilogy of Swedish director Roy Anderson “The dove perched on a branch, thinking about being”.

Roy Anderson’s film was rejected by the Cannes selectors, however, won the grand prize in Venice

“I am pleased to receive the award in Italy , the country that gave the world so many masterpieces of cinema. And chief among them – Vittorio De Sica and his film “Bicycle Thieves.” I can safely say that without them, I would never have become a filmmaker. I always try to shoot as well as De Sica “- Anderson said, accepting the award.

Another leader of the critics, documentary Joshua Oppenheimer” Sight of Silence “won the Grand Prix of the jury.

Awards for best male and female Adam got the role of driver and Rorhaver Alba, who played a married couple in the Italian film “Hungry Heart” Saverio Costanzo.

Jury Venice Film Festival in 2014 led Depla composer Alexander, who wrote the music for the movie “Godzilla,” “Harry Potter” “The King’s Speech” and “Queen”.

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