Venice, Sept 9, 2026 (AFP) - Soviet brutality, ideology backdrop of controversial Venice film

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2026-09-09

Ambitious in its scale and style and dogged by controversy, "Dau" by filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky revisits decades of Soviet Union totalitarianism through the eyes of one of the 20th century's great physicists. Premiering Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival, the over three-hour film was begun two decades ago by the filmmaker, who in 2024 renounced his Russian citizenship to protest the Ukraine war and now lives in Paris. Marked by unconventiona......

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