Russian Film

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 8, 2008

Harrison Kash
(417) 673-1261

 

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The film Slave of Love (Raba Iyubvi) (Russia, 1976) will be shown at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 11 in Cornell Auditorium as part of the 46th Annual International Film Festival. No admission is charged.

 

This intriguing, handsomely mounted drama, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, details the transformation of an actress who falls in love with a Bolshevik cameraman during the Russian revolution while a crew struggles to complete the film of the title.

 

David Ansen, wrote of the film in Newsweek, "[It is] a luminous film with wit, passion, breathtaking beauty, and sun-struck images. No better foreign film has reached our shores this year.”

 

The film's awards include: “Golden Aurochs Plate” for Best Directing to Mikhalkov (Teheran, 1976) and Special Jury Prize at the “Young Cinema” International Festival (Nyeres, France).

For information, contact Harrison Kash at (417) 673-1261.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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