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Alexandra
The Cinema Guild
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Galina Vishnevskaya,
Vasily Shevtsov,
and
Raisa Gichaeva
In a desolate, sun-scorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routine of military life, before making a sudden trip to the outlying countryside. (The Cinema Guild)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Aleksandr Sokurov
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Aleksandr Sokurov
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: March 26, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Russia / France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Russian / Chechen |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
A film of startling originality and beauty -- feels like a communiqué from another time, another place, anywhere but here.
100
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego
In the hands of visionary filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, this simple material makes for a haunting drama about war, generational relationships and the human condition.
100
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It's unlike any other war film, in any language.
90
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Though he's sure to deny it, Alexandra is Alexander Sokurov's most directly political work for years. Featuring a performance of monumental depth by opera legend Galina Vishnevskaya, pic presents war for what it is: brutal, crushing, and ugly, and yet Sokurov doesn't lens any battles.
88
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Never the most optimistic of poets, Sokurov does suggest the possibility of dialogue on the individual level, and the hope that by asking difficult questions of one another, these mortal enemies can find answers and reach an understanding everyone can live with.
88
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Alexandra is a pleasure to watch, but it's also one of those lovely, unclassifiable movies that flourishes better with repeated or prolonged exposures.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The point is that for the soldiers, it's a dead zone, life on hold, a cheerless existence. And this plain-spoken old woman reminds them of a lifetime they are missing.
80
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
On its deepest level it considers not a particular war but the complex feelings between mothers and the young men they send out into the world to kill or be killed.
80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The luminous humanity that characterizes the films of Alexander Sokurov is in full force in Alexandra. On the surface, it is a work of the utmost simplicity but is charged with the eternal complexities and contradictions of both love and war.
80
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Spare yet tactile, a mysterious mixture of lightness and gravity, Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra is founded on contradiction. Musing on war in general and the Russian occupation of Chechnya in particular, this is a movie in which combat is never shown.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Alexandra never depicts the soldiers in combat, but Sokurov nonetheless shows how war can break down the social structure, break down family, break the human soul.
70
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The frequent, mundane talks -- which Alexandra engages in with her grandson, Malika and the base camp's enlisted men -- are not so much about politics as they are about people.
67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
The contrast of a warm maternal figure and a remote army outpost is undeniably affecting. But when Vishnevskaya opens her mouth, she spoils the mood.
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