Dear Comrades!

Novocherkassk, Soviet Union, 1962. Lyudmila, loyal communist and member of the city committee, witnesses the shooting of unarmed protesters by the Soviet Army and KGB officials as these demonstrate at a labor strike. During the days of the event, her daughter goes missing. To find her, Lyudmila must confront her own values and political vision so as to battle against a system that is arresting people, blocking streets and hiding the truth about the happenings of the massacre. Konchalovsky’s historical drama brings to the surface the real events of June 2nd 1962, kept secret up until the 1990’s, in a powerful monochrome aesthetic.

Duration: 116
Production year: 2020
Country: Russia
Subtitles: Subtitles: Portuguese and English

Venice Film Festival – Special Jury Prize

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Andrei Konchalovsky

Born in Moscow in 1937, critically-acclaimed director Andrei Konchalovsky first studied music, becoming a skilled pianist, before studying cinema at the VGIK, the major state film school. He directed his debut feature film The First Teacher in 1965, and soon became a frequent collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky. Konchalovsky film The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966) was blocked from release until 1988 because of government censorship but later received the Russian academy award for Best Picture and a FIPRESCI prize in Berlin. Amongst many works and several international awards such as the Jury’s Grand Prix at Cannes for Siberiade (1979) and the Grand Special Jury Prize at Venice for House of Fools (2002), Konchalovsky also directed Hollywood projects such as Tango & Cash (1989) with Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone. He was awarded the Silver Lion in Venice for both his films The Postman's White Nights (2014) and Paradise (2016).