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  • Alexandra
  • Opened March 26, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 35 min.
  • NR
  • Alexandra is an elderly woman who has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. Beneath a scorching sun, with the enemy laying in wait beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks, acquainting herself Read More
  • Cast: Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva, Evgeni Tkachuk, Andrei Bogdanov
  • Director: Alexander Sokurov
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego

    In the hands of visionary filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, this simple material...

  • 100
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    A film of startling originality and beauty -- feels like a communiqu from...

  • 90
    Variety |

    Though he's sure to deny it, Alexandra is Alexander Sokurov's most directly...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The point is that for the soldiers, it's a dead zone, life on hold, a cheerless...

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