Konchalovsky Retrospective
| Andrei Konchalovsky has come to be regarded as one of the leading Russian directors in world cinema. Often collaborating with his brother, director Nikita Mikhalkov, Konchalovsky has developed a career spanning six decades, featuring a dazzling range of projects. Although originally planning to pursue a musical career, Konchalovsky’s love for cinema took over and he entered VGIK - the major state film school where he studied under Mikhail Romm. At VGIK he met Tarkovsky, and they collaborated on Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev. For his feature-length debut The First Teacher (1961), he chose to adapt Chingis Aitmatov's book about the post-1917 Revolution period in southern Russia. His career soon became more international in scope, pleasing critics and cinema-goers worldwide with English-language feature films such Maria's Lovers (1984), the award-winning Runaway Train (1985), and Homer and Eddie (1989), starring Whoopi Goldberg. More recent works include the Russian-French co-production House of Fools (2002) and a bold new musical vision of The Nutcracker (2010). |
RUNAWAY TRAIN / ПОЕЗД-БЕГЛЕЦ >>>
8 November, Monday, 6 pmDir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Manny, a dangerous recidivist, and his cellmate Buck escape from a prison and hop on board a freight train. However, when the train driver drops dead from a heart attack, they find themselves trapped, hurtling at a crazy speed towards disaster... >>>
THE NUTCRACKER / ЩЕЛКУНЧИК >>>
10 November, Saturday, 6 pmDir. Andrei Konchalovsky
t's 1920s Vienna. Nine-year-old Mary lives in a house which is filled with lovely things but is also very lonely. On Christmas Eve, her beloved Uncle Albert presents her with a gift: a wooden nutcracker doll. Mary's imagination brings the doll to life and together they embark on a wonderful journey to a world of children's dreams, miracles and adventures >>>
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