Land of Oblivion
| Land of Oblivion | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michale Boganim |
| Produced by | Les Films du Poisson |
| Written by |
Michale Boganim Anne Weil Antoine Lacomblez |
| Starring |
Olga Kurylenko Andrzej Chyra Nikita Emshanov |
| Release dates |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Ukrainian / French / Russian |
Land of Oblivion (original French title: La Terre outragée) is a 2011 film by director Michale Boganim.[1][2]
Cast
- Olga Kurylenko (Anya)
- Andrzej Chyra (Alexei)
- Ilya Iosifov (Valery - aged 16)
- Sergei Strelnikov (Dmitri)
- Vyacheslav Slanko (Nikolay)
- Nicolas Wanczycki (Patrick)
Reception
Critical reception for Land of Oblivion was mixed, with Variety praising the movie's production design.[3] The Hollywood Reporter criticized the movie's inaccuracies, such as the alleged mis-translation of the word 'Chernobyl' (while in fact it does mean wormwood), [4] and its "slightly banal air of soap opera which permeates the longer 1996 section", but praised the first part of the film.[5] Indiewire's The Playlist also criticized the movie's second half, stating that it "never quite manages to achieve the same intensity as the first" but also stating that "it does slowly find its rhythm, and so the film rather eloquently builds a picture not just of the lives shattered by disaster, but also these after-lives that are defined by it."[6]
References
- ↑ Andrzej Chyra i Olga Kurylenko razem w filmie o Czarnobylu stopklatka.pl
- ↑ Land of Oblivion looks back at Chernobyl disaster Cineuropa
- ↑ Land of Oblivion Variety
- ↑ Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages, Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.), by Gernot Katzer, 4 July 2006.
- ↑ Land of Oblivion: Venice Film Review THR
- ↑ Marrakech Film Festival '11 Reviews: 'Land of Oblivion' Starring Olga Kurylenko & '180°' The Swiss-German Version Of 'Crash' (Basically) Indiewire