Aleksandr Sokurov
June 14, 1951 · 75 years old
Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long…
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8 titles
Russian Ark
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Faust
A despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.
Mother and Son
A man goes for a walk through the countryside with his dying mother.
Francofonia
A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
Father and Son
A father and his son live together in a roof-top apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world, full of memories and daily rites. Sometimes they seem like brothers. Sometimes even like lovers. Following in ...
Alexandra
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya.
Whispering Pages
A hungry, homeless, socially isolated and socially alienated young man living on the streets of an anonymous Russian big city in the 19th Century is looking for answers about himself.
The Stone
A caretaker encounters Anton Chekov and spends a lonely night and day in his company.