PARIS, Could 21 (Reuters) – Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk criticised the Cannes Movie Competition for together with a Russian director in its line-up, because the debut filmmaker’s “Pamfir” was proven at Cannes’ Administrators Fortnight on Saturday.
The pageant has banned official Russian delegations from attending, however Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov, who has spoken out towards the invasion of Ukraine, premiered his in-competition movie “Tchaikovsky’s Spouse” on the pageant on Wednesday. learn extra
“When he is right here, he’s a part of the Russian propaganda, and so they can use him,” Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk informed Reuters on Saturday.
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The Russian director Serebrennikov had mentioned earlier this week that Russian tradition shouldn’t be boycotted, saying that Russian tradition “has at all times promoted human values.”
The Ukrainian director Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk described the feeling of being in Cannes whereas his nation fights towards a Russian invasion as “alien”.
“Every part what’s occurred right here, it is one thing that might not belong in Ukraine – the peaceable life… We’ve (an) reverse actuality,” he mentioned.
Set within the forests of western Ukraine’s Chernivtsi area, “Pamfir” begins with the return of a father, Leonid, to his household after months of working in Poland.
A church hearth attributed to Leonid’s son Nazar forces the daddy to take up a fast smuggling job, angering the native contraband boss.
With references to Greek tragedy and the bible story of Abraham and Isaac, the story of preventing for redemption has resonance with the continuing battle.
“(The movie) is a mirrored image of the energy and energy of the Ukrainian folks, who’re very robust and who will win. It is only a query of time… as a result of we won’t be defeated,” mentioned Oleksandr Yatsentyuk, who performs Leonid.
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Reporting by Michaela Cabrera and Mimosa Spencer
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