Russian Ark
Certificate: 15
Friday 06 December 2019
Russian Ark, A. Sokurov, Russia, 2002
The first feature film shot in a single take, Russian Ark takes us through a museum to visit ghosts of the past, from a tyrannical Peter the Great to the doomed Tzar Nicholas II.
The movie’s smooth voyage comes to seem like a dream play, suspended painlessly in time - Village Voice
Despite an undeniable attraction to the majestic, Aleksandr Sokurov seems equally adverse to straightforward spectacle, approaching potentially colossal subjects from odd, specific angles. - Slant Magazine
A bar will be open serving wines, beers, soft drinks and cake.