Tag: Semyon Serzin

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Delirium Tremens: Serebrennikov Maddens with Post-Soviet Magical Realism Historically, Russian cinema (and literature) always tends to go for broke. Challenging narratives, endless characters, and opulent...

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Petrov’s Flu Russia’s Kirill Serebrennikov 2004 film Ragin, based on a Chekov story, won the East of West Award at Karlovy Vary and 2008’s Yuriy’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #54. Petrov’s Flu – Kirill Serebrennikov

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