The Long Farewell (1971)
(Dolgie provody, Dovgi provody, Kira Muratova, Soviet Union 1971, 97 min., DCP, Russian w/subtitles)
Kira Muratova actively opposed the definition of a feminist director. Instead, she felt a tight connection with European filmmakers of her time, from the French New Wave to Aki Kaurismäki. Regarded by colleagues as one of the most remarkable Soviet filmmakers of her generation, Muratova was largely unknown by the audience until the Perestroika. Her Long Farewell, a poignant melodrama about a single mother who can’t come to terms with her teenage son drifting away from her, was banned for sixteen years. Upon release in 1987, it became a major rediscovery not only in Ukrainian but in world cinema.
DCP from the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre.
Post-screening discussion with Senior Curator, Moving Image Department Peter Bagrov.
Donations will be collected for ROC Maidan at the screening.