Alexandra (film)
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Alexandra is a 2007 Russian film about the Second Chechen War
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting 26 August 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade ....

, written and directed by Aleksandr Sokurov. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...

 at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
2007 Cannes Film Festival
The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed...

.

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from critics, although other critics found it to be slow and difficult to sit through. Metacritic
Metacritic
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 reported the film had an average score of 85 out of 100, based on 13 reviews.

Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with A.O. Scott. She was formerly a chief film critic for the Los Angeles Times, the film editor at the LA Weekly, and a film critic at The Village Voice. She has written for a variety of publications, including Film Comment and...

 of The New York Times
The New York Times
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named it the 3rd best film of 2008, Michael Philllips
Michael Phillips (critic)
Michael Phillips is a film critic for the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Previously he was the drama critic of the Tribune; the Los Angeles Times; the St. Paul Pioneer Press; the San Diego Union-Tribune; and the Dallas Times Herald....

 of the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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named it the 6th best film of 2008 and Bill White of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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named it the 8th best film of 2008.

However, David Fear of Time Out: New York wrote: "Sokurov prefers the sort of deliberate pace that tests ADD-afflicted viewers. This isn’t an opinion: He’s an unapologetic practitioner of crafting “difficult” films, and a proud member of a slow-and-low legacy that extends from Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...

 to Akerman
Åkerman
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, from Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....

 to Tarr
Béla Tarr
-Life:Tarr was born in Pécs, but grew up in Budapest. Both of his parents were close to theatre and film: his father was a scenery designer, while his mother has been working as a prompter at a theater for more than 50 years now...

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Cast

  • Galina Vishnevskaya
    Galina Vishnevskaya
    Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966.-Biography:...

     as Aleksandra Nikolaevna
  • Vasily Shevtsov
    Vasily Shevtsov
    Vasily Shevtsov is an actor best known for playing the role of Denis in the 2007 Sokurov film, "Alexandra".- External links :* at IMDb...

     as Denis
  • Raisa Gichaeva as Malika
  • Andrei Bogdanov
    Andrei Bogdanov
    Andrei Bogdanov may refer to:* Andrei Ivanovich Bogdanov, Russian bibliographer and ethnographer* Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov, leader of Democratic Party of Russia*Andrei Bogdanov...

  • Aleksandr Kladko
  • Aleksei Neymyshev
  • Rustam Shakhgireev
  • Evgeni Tkachuk

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