Who said its only Hollywood who can make big blockbuster movies? Well here's proof the Russian's can create a great looking blockbuster flick.
This is the trailer for TSAR a historical epic based on a dark period of Russian history. The movie is set in 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. What follows is a clash between two completely opposite visions of the world, smashing morality and justice, God and men. A grand-scale film with excellent leading roles by Mamonov and Yankovsky. An allegory of Stalinist Russia (imdb).
The movie premiered away back early summer 2009 at the Cannes Festival and received a very good feedback and next month will go on national release in Russia (November 4th), Hopefully it should have some sort of release in UK/Ireland 2010.
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