Stanislav GOVORUKHIN Станислав ГОВОРУХИН Stanislav GOVOROUKHINE   Russia, 2010, 90 mn  Colour, fiction

Jazz Style ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ В стиле jazz    Dans le style du jazz  V stile jazz

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Plot synopsis

If, as the old joke goes, the archetypal Socialist realist romance followed the formula “Boy gets tractor,” Stanislav Govorukhin’s Jazz Style has introduced a new master plot for the new-moneyed, post-Soviet generation: girl gets motorcycle. Such is the climax of this gentle, visually rich, and narratively underwhelming film, starring Olga Kras’ko as Ira, a theatre actress venturing unsuccessfully into cinema, and Michal Zebrowski as Sergei, the overpaid novelist-turned-screenwriter who falls for her at first sight. With his relaxed charisma (and the gentle growl of a Polish George Clooney), Zebrowski’s character effortlessly captures the hearts of Ira’s mother and sister as well – setting the stage for a prolonged quadrangular intrigue.[...]
Muireann Maguire, kinokultura.com

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Stanislav Govorukhin: Jazz Style (V stile “Jazz”, 2010), Muireann MAGUIRE, kinokultura.com, 2012

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2011

- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2011

- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2010

- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2010

- Comic Film Festival "Ulybnis, Rossiya", Moscow (Russia), 2010

- Festival Russian kino 'Moscow Premier Screenings', Moscow (Russia), 2010

- Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Vyborg (Russia), 2010

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