Alexandra [videorecording] / co-production of Proline-Film and Rezo Productions with the support of Russian Federal Culture and Film Agency and the Centre national de la Cinématographie (France) ; producer, Andrei Sigle ; director and screenwriter, Alexander Sokurova.
Title from container. Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasili Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva, Evgeni Tkachuk, Andrei Bogdanov, Rustam Shakhgireyev, Alexei Neimyshev. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: Press conference with director Alexander Sokurov, actress Galina Vishnevskaya and composer/producer Andrei Sigle (60 min.); "Patience labour:" a short film by Alexander Sokurov (10 min.); theatrical trailer; essay by film critic David Shengold.
Summary:
In a desolate, sun-sorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson. He is a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routines of military life, before making a sudden trip into the outlying countryside.
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