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Fri, Feb 8, 2008
at 8:30 PM

Sat, Feb 9, 2008
at 2 PM

Sun, Feb 10, 2008
at 8 PM

ALEXANDRA

DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER SOKUROV
RUSSIA
Sokurov continues his career-long meditation on the state of the Russian soul with this anti-war story set in a Russian army camp in Chechnya. Alexandra is a blunt but warm grandmother (Russia's greatest singer, Galina Vishnevskaya) who takes a train to visit her army officer grandson at the front in war-torn Grozny. When she arrives at his camp, she soon discovers that nobody wants to be there and everyone is too tired to fight. In an open-air market where she goes to buy cigarettes, the mood of resistance is underscored by young Chechen teens who refuse to wait on Russians. As we follow her voyage of discovery, the juxtapositions are surreal and powerful, linking the poetic lyricism of Mother and Son with the boldness of his singular portraits of Hitler, Lenin and Hirohito. Print courtesy of The Cinema Guild. ( 92 min )

Selected Filmography: Mother and Son (97), Moloch (99), Russian Ark (02), Father and Son (03), The Sun (05).
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Sun, Feb 10, 2008
at 7:15 PM

Mon, Feb 11, 2008
at 8:30 PM

Tue, Feb 12, 2008
at 6 PM

THE RUSSIAN TRIANGLE

DIRECTOR: ALEKO TSABADZE
RUSSIA
The conflict in Chechnya continues to be a heated subject in Russia, as this political thriller produced in Georgia clearly demonstrates. In an unnamed Russian city, mysterious murders are being committed and the police are unable to find the murderer or a motive. Nikolay, a rookie detective, finds a clue that links the victims to a group of people whose lives have dramatically changed as a result of the war in Chechnya. Because of his Georgian background, Nikolay is increasingly caught in a moral dilemma as he digs deeper into the highly charged case. Even his most noble intentions are likely to lose out to a brutal and corrupt reality. Considered an allegory about the rise of Putinism, The Russian Triangle was the winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Moscow Film Festival. This year's Georgian submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Print courtesy of Intercinema. ( 121 min )

Selected Filmography: Spot (85), Dance in the Night (97).
For more information or to vote online visit Oregon Live.
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