Director's Diary
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Director's Diary
A Film by Alexander Sokurov
2025 - Italy/Russia - Non Fiction - 305 min.
Language: Russian
DIRECTOR’S DIARY is a journey, a unique reading of the history of the second half of the twentieth century, where literature and cinema merge in a single flow that transcends documentary genres.
Following Russian Ark and Francofonia, visionary master of cinema Alexander Sokurov has created a grandiose work with multiple meanings set against the backdrop of thousands of faces and events from the pulsating life of the entire globe.
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