Alexandra

Name: Alexandra
Genre: Drama, War
Released: March 26, 2008
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 85

2008

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: March 26, 2008

Summary: In a desolate, sun-scorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routine of military life, before making a sudden trip to the outlying countryside. (The Cinema Guild)

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Genre(s): Drama, War

Runtime: 95 min

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Michael Phillips

It's unlike any other war film, in any language. Read full review

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Walter Addiego

In the hands of visionary filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, this simple material makes for a haunting drama about war, generational relationships and the human condition. Read full review

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Manohla Dargis

A film of startling originality and beauty -- feels like a communiqué from another time, another place, anywhere but here. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The point is that for the soldiers, it's a dead zone, life on hold, a cheerless existence. And this plain-spoken old woman reminds them of a lifetime they are missing. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Spare yet tactile, a mysterious mixture of lightness and gravity, Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra is founded on contradiction. Musing on war in general and the Russian occupation of Chechnya in particular, this is a movie in which combat is never shown. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

The luminous humanity that characterizes the films of Alexander Sokurov is in full force in Alexandra. On the surface, it is a work of the utmost simplicity but is charged with the eternal complexities and contradictions of both love and war. Read full review

Noel Murray

The contrast of a warm maternal figure and a remote army outpost is undeniably affecting. But when Vishnevskaya opens her mouth, she spoils the mood. Read full review

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LDeeds

Mar 28, 2008

Stunning and powerful.