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Unclenching the Fists

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Kira Kovalenko / RU, FR, 2021 / 97 min.

Kira Kovalenko’s second feature film depicts a young woman trying to escape her very traditional father, head of a family in a village in North Ossetia, amid the mighty Caucasus. Winner of the 2021 Un Certain Regard Prize at the Cannes film festival.

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Mizur in North Ossetia is a somewhat impoverished mining town high in the Caucasus mountains. Ada, the middle child tries too escape her overprotective father Zaur’s control. The family moved here from Breslan where Chechen terrorist stook 1,100 people hostage and murdered over 150 children. Zaur no longer considered it safe.

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Persons under 9 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains foul languageScenes from this movie may cause fear

Director

Kira Kovalenko

Production year

2021

Country

RU, FR

Original title

Razzhimaya kulaki

Length

97 min.

Subtitles

ENG or NLD

Format

DCP

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