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One of the awards at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival went to a Russian filmmaker, TASS reports. The main prize in the the East of the West nomination was awarded to the Nuuccia movie. The film was directed by Vladimir Munkuev from Yakutia. In total, more than a dozen films competed for the victory in one of the most prestigious sections of the festival program.
The script of the film was based on the books of Vaclav Seroshevsky, a writer and ethnographer from Poland. The story unfolds against the backdrop of Yakutia at the end of the 19th century. The couple's second child dies, the husband and wife are preparing to spend the winter, waiting, as always, for a hungry and harsh winter. Suddenly, a convict comes to their settlement. According to the director himself, Kostya seeks to help people, but at the same time, because of him, the situation is aggravated, and he himself turns into an aggressor.
Vladimir Munkuev explained that in his work he wanted to show how ambiguous all the characters in the film are.
The international jury selected the feature film Strahinja by Serbian director Stefan Arsenjevic as the winner in the main category of the festival. This is a film of a joint production of Serbia, France, Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
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