On the paper, this documentary of a father/director is an incredible idea: keeping records of her daughter and in the same of the soviet dream: Technically, it's a mix of amateur shoots and an editing of news, that reminds me a bit of Oliver Stone filmmaking. The result is indeed moving as we see Anna from child to teen while her country explodes! nevertheless, for me, there is also a great failure: Mikhalkov looks like a dry, stern, cold father who uses Anna like a pet for experimentation. I don't see him really warm with her, he is heavy and not supportive with his questions and even by moments, it looks like he prefers his son or his other daughter! The ending is about a sequel years later and it would be interesting to see it now!
Now, with this movie, i reach the end of my Russian tapes and i left with mixed feelings: this soviet experiment had indeed produced a society totally different from west Europa and it was really bleak, gloom, deceptive... On the other hand, the common people were put (and left) in the middle and they show more compassion, more education than west Europeans! So i think it could be interesting to take a plunge into today movies to discover how it is now out-there ...
Now, with this movie, i reach the end of my Russian tapes and i left with mixed feelings: this soviet experiment had indeed produced a society totally different from west Europa and it was really bleak, gloom, deceptive... On the other hand, the common people were put (and left) in the middle and they show more compassion, more education than west Europeans! So i think it could be interesting to take a plunge into today movies to discover how it is now out-there ...