He admitted in a meeting with director Alexander Sokurov TASSFearing that the movie “Alexandra” will be banned.
Sokurov suggested that due to the ban on the film “Fairy Tale”, the film he shot with singer Galina Vishnevskaya may not be given a second distribution certificate.
“We submitted the documents for the second permit for this film a long time ago, but they haven’t given us a decision for a long time,” the director said.
The movie “Alexandra” tells about the complexity of human relationships. According to the story, an old woman comes to the military unit to visit her grandson, a Russian Army officer serving in Chechnya.
In September 2023, Sokurov submitted documents to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation to obtain a distribution certificate for the release of the film “Fairy Tale”. The Russian Ministry of Culture refused to extradite him.
On October 13, the organizers of the Karo.Art festival in Moscow announced that the screening of the film “Fairy Tale”, scheduled for October 15, was canceled. Sokurov explainedHe said he had not received any explanation for such a decision and did not know what “motivations” there might be against showing his work.
Previously Sokurov announced his retirement.