Director Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov's folk tale about a fisherman's fanatical quest gets the Rome film festival off to a mesmeric start
The city of Rome traces its ancestry back more than 3,000 years, to an iron-age village on the Palatine hill, though in terms of the festival calendar the place remains a stripling – overshadowed by venerable Venice and glamorous Cannes and still struggling to find its feet. Fittingly enough, the seventh edition of the Rome film festival opened in a mood of amiable chaos, like a children's birthday party, with the red carpet swaddled in protective plastic and the delegates pinballing wildly about the site, hunting treasure up steps and down walkways.
Inside a chilly, hangar-like theatre, the festival screens Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov's Waiting for the Sea, the official opening-night picture. The doors bang open to admit late arrivals and then bang open again to release those who realise they should be next door,...
The city of Rome traces its ancestry back more than 3,000 years, to an iron-age village on the Palatine hill, though in terms of the festival calendar the place remains a stripling – overshadowed by venerable Venice and glamorous Cannes and still struggling to find its feet. Fittingly enough, the seventh edition of the Rome film festival opened in a mood of amiable chaos, like a children's birthday party, with the red carpet swaddled in protective plastic and the delegates pinballing wildly about the site, hunting treasure up steps and down walkways.
Inside a chilly, hangar-like theatre, the festival screens Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov's Waiting for the Sea, the official opening-night picture. The doors bang open to admit late arrivals and then bang open again to release those who realise they should be next door,...
- 11/9/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
August Eighth Trailer 2, Avgust. Vosmogo Trailer 2. Dzhanik Fayziev‘s August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo (2012) movie trailer 2 stars Svetlana Ivanova, Maksim Matveev, Artyom Fadeev, Aleksey Guskov, and Estelle Raskin. Avgust. Vosmogo‘s plot synopsis: “August Eighth – story of an ordinary young woman. Ksenia’s life is not too happy. Problem at work, problem in personal life, problem with mother, a baby requiring constant cares… Ksenia want to spend a few days in Sochi with new boyfriend, and mom sends her son Artem to the boy’s father on Caucasus. But Georgia started war and she must overcome fear, overcome circumstances, she must save her child…”
We previously posted the August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo (2012) Movie Trailer.
Avgust. Vosmogo also stars Anna Legchilova and Egor Beroev.
Watch the August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo movie trailer 2 and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. August Eighth has no Us theater release date yet...
We previously posted the August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo (2012) Movie Trailer.
Avgust. Vosmogo also stars Anna Legchilova and Egor Beroev.
Watch the August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo movie trailer 2 and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. August Eighth has no Us theater release date yet...
- 2/28/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
August Eighth Trailer, Avgust. Vosmogo Trailer. Dzhanik Fayziev‘s August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo (2012) movie trailer stars Svetlana Ivanova, Maksim Matveev, Artyom Fadeev, Aleksey Guskov, and Estelle Raskin. Avgust. Vosmogo‘s plot synopsis: “August Eighth – story of an ordinary young woman. Ksenia’s life is not too happy. Problem at work, problem in personal life, problem with mother, a baby requiring constant cares… Ksenia want to spend a few days in Sochi with new boyfriend, and mom sends her son Artem to the boy’s father on Caucasus. But Georgia started war and she must overcome fear, overcome circumstances, she must save her child…”
This film looks very entertaining to say the least, a mixture of war and fantasy.
Avgust. Vosmogo also stars Anna Legchilova and Egor Beroev.
Watch the August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. For more August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo photos,...
This film looks very entertaining to say the least, a mixture of war and fantasy.
Avgust. Vosmogo also stars Anna Legchilova and Egor Beroev.
Watch the August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. For more August Eighth / Avgust. Vosmogo photos,...
- 2/18/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
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