Andrey Konchalovskiy
Despite the pandemic coronavirus, 77-th Venice film festival this year will take place and will take place from 2 to 12 September. Today the organizers announced the main festival program, which among others included the picture of the 82-year-old Russian Director Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Dear comrades.”
In the film, which will be released in Russian cinemas this fall, tells of the dispersal of the demonstration in Novocherkassk in 1962, which killed 26 people, and another 87 were injured. Then, workers at the Novocherkassk electric locomotive plant went on strike, demanding better working conditions and higher wages. For a long time the information about these events were classified, and only in the end of 1980-ies it was partially published.
a scene from the movie “Dear friends”
Konchalovsky were not only directed the film but also his-scriptwriter. With him on writing the script worked Elena Kiseleva. The main roles in the film played by Konchalovsky’s wife Yulia Vysotskaya Sergey Erlich, Yulia Burova, Andrey Gusev, Vladislav Komarov, and others. General producer of the picture was Alisher Usmanov.
When the General producer Alisher Usmanov conceived this picture, we had doubts — whether to show today’s audience the tragic events that occurred nearly sixty years ago? But by making the film we realized that it is absolutely necessary, because the younger generation should know their country’s past,
Konchalovsky said.
He also thanked all who helped him work on the film, and expressed hope that his new movie will appeal to viewers.
I congratulate everyone who worked on the film, and I want to say a special thanks to the producer Alisher Usmanov, the Fund “Art, science and sports” and TV channel “Russia 1”, which support many of my projects. And of course I hope that the film will appeal not only jury, but also to you, my viewers,
— said the Director.
actress Julia Vysotskaya said that was very happy news that the movie her husband was included in the competition program of the festival.
the Degree of joy I felt when I heard about the invitation to the Venice film festival, it is difficult to convey in words. The fact that the picture was pleasant to people that select movie to this festival, so important, so significant for me, says that we have done some serious work. She appreciated the fact that we chose. The festival was the film “House of fools”, was a film “Paradise”, both works were checkedENES jury, so the memories I have are beautiful, not to mention the fact that Venice itself is just magic. In General, heart flutters!
she said.
Andrei Konchalovsky and Julia Vysotskaya
