Andrei NEKRASOV Андрей НЕКРАСОВ Andreï NEKRASSOV   United Kingdom, 2007, 105 mn  Colour, documentary

Rebellion. The Litvinenko Case / The Rebel ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Бунт : случай Литвиненко/Бунтарь    Litvinenko : empoisonnement d'un ex agent du KGB  Bunt : sluchay Litvinenko/Buntar

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Plot synopsis

The dark secrets of the Kremlin unravel in this story of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko poisoned last November in London told in his own words and in interviews with his widow, his friends and his alleged killers. During five years between his escape from Russia and his poisoning from radioactive Polonium-210 last November in London, former FSB (ex-KGB) agent Alexander (Sasha) Litvinenko spent hours with filmmaker Andrei Nekrasov explaining, the reasons for his rebellion and detailing the rise of the police state in Russia in the past decade.

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Temps de paroles : de l'Empire soviétique à la Russie, Valencia (France), 2010

- Cinémas russes à Montauban, Montauban (France), 2010

- International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Genova (Switzerland), 2010

- Hong-Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong (China), 2008

- International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World, Prague (Czech Republic), 2008

- Haifa International Film Festival, Haifa (Israel), 2008

- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2008

- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne (Australia), 2007

- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto (Canada), 2007

- Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm (Sweden), 2007

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