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In his adaption of this classical tragedy, Alexander Zeldovich creates a timeless contemporary variation – between Russia and Israel, religion, mythology, art and sex. Medea has for years been the lover of the powerful oligarch Alexei and lives in a remote house that he bought for her and their two children. When Alexei tells her that he is planning to separate from his wife and emigrate with her and the children to Israel, the young woman’s dream seems to be coming true. But on the day of their departure, circumstances arise that put the family’s hoped-for happiness in jeopardy and cause Medea to take drastic measures.
Director
ALEXANDER ZELDOVICH (*1958) studied psychology and worked as a psychologist in Moscow hospitals whilst also making films. He won international acclaim with his films Moscow (2000) and Target (2011).Trailer
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Medea
Fiction Feature
English, French, Hebrew, Russian
Kaleidoskop//FF2021
Russian Federation
2021
139 min
OV with German subtitles
Alexander Zeldovich
Evgeniy Tsyganov, Tinatin Dalakishvili
Anna Katchko, Alexander Zeldovich, Tatiana Ostern
Aleksandr Ilkhovskiy
Anton Balaban, Darya Bochkaryova
Daniil Nikolsky
Alexey Retinsky
Stepan Lukyanov
Tatyana Parfenova
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