Oscar

Oscar (2018)

DocumentaryHistory

Oscar is the story of the life of the famous artist Oscar Rabin against the background of three decades of Soviet history; it is a story about a successful experience of standing up against a regime with the help of paint and brushes. It is the story of non-violent resistance against evil, of the boundaries of compromise, about how people try to maintain their inner freedom when they are living in a country that is not very free. The film uses many unique newsreels and other archival materials being shown for the first time. Along with Oscar Rabin, featured in the fim are Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Vladimir Sorokin, Evgeny Kisin, Boris Akunin, Maya Turovskaya, Vladimir Paperny, Erik Bulatov, Oleg Tselkov, Vitaly Komar, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Mihail Chemiakin, Igor Guberman, Donald Rayfield, and Adam Michnik.

Directors: Alexandr Smolyansky, Evgeny Tsymbal.
Writers: Alexandr Smolyansky, Evgeny Tsymbal.

Casts

	Boris Akunin as himself
	Evgeny Kissin as himself
	Maya Turovskaya as herself
	Oscar Rabin as himself
	Lyudmila Ulitskaya as herself
	Oleg Tselkov as himself

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