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Director’s Diary

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DIRECTOR’S DIARY is a journey, a unique reading of the history of the second half of the twentieth century, where literature and cinema merge in a single flow that transcends documentary genres. Following Russian Ark and Francofonia, visionary master of cinema Alexander Sokurov has created a grandiose work with multiple meanings set against the backdrop of thousands of faces and events from the pulsating life of the entire globe.

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Mia Pflueger Next Best Picture Sep 7
7/10
It is both captivating and fatiguing, demanding and rewarding, a work that resists conventional evaluation but nonetheless commands respect. Go to Full Review Michael Sicinski In Review Online Sep 6
Director’s Diary is a remarkable, audacious, eye-glazing piece of work. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Aug 28
3/5
...the five hours of a documentary that covers almost half a century of history, proposed by an author of the stature that we all know Sokurov represents, could have had a bit more thematic, political, and formal risk. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Aleksandr Sokurov

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Aleksandr Sokurov

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Aleksandr Sokurov

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Synopsis DIRECTOR’S DIARY is a journey, a unique reading of the history of the second half of the twentieth century, where literature and cinema merge in a single flow that transcends documentary genres. Following Russian Ark and Francofonia, visionary master of cinema Alexander Sokurov has created a grandiose work with multiple meanings set against the backdrop of thousands of faces and events from the pulsating life of the entire globe.
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Screenwriter
Aleksandr Sokurov
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
5h 5m