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SOLZHENITSYN.<br />

A BOOK THAT SHOOK<br />

THE WORLD<br />

Year of production: 2012<br />

In 1962, great <strong>Russia</strong>n author Alex<strong>and</strong>r<br />

Solzhenitsyn wrote One day in the life of<br />

Ivan Denisovich, the story of a <strong>Russia</strong>n<br />

man’s one day routine while incarcerated<br />

in the Gulag. The harsh realities of the<br />

Stalinist camps were laid bare, forcing<br />

many people to change past perceptions,<br />

to part with their Communist illusions. After<br />

reading it, Khrushchev, the head of the<br />

Soviet Communist Party, was so moved<br />

that he partially disclosed the truth about<br />

Stalin’s crimes.<br />

RUNNING TIME<br />

1x42’<br />

DOCUMENTARIES • CULTURE<br />

GIOCONDA.<br />

THE MAIN MYSTERY<br />

OF LEONARDO<br />

Year of production: 2011<br />

134<br />

IGOR MOISEYEV<br />

Year of production: 2006<br />

Renowned <strong>Russia</strong>n dancer, choreographer, dance theorist <strong>and</strong> curator<br />

Igor Moiseyev purports that without dancing, he might have died of<br />

famine or disappeared during Stalin's Terror. In 2006, to celebrate his<br />

one hundredth birthday, he danced – naturally – with the group he made<br />

famous: the Academic Ensemble of Popular Dance.<br />

RUNNING TIME<br />

1x44’<br />

ALEXANDR GODUNOV<br />

Year of production: 2005<br />

In 1979, famed Soviet dancer Alex<strong>and</strong>r Godunov<br />

asked for political asylum while on a US tour.<br />

The star of the Bolshoi Theater would never see<br />

his homel<strong>and</strong> again nor his wife <strong>and</strong> muse who<br />

did not follow him on that fateful day.<br />

RUNNING TIME<br />

1x44’<br />

ITAR – TASS<br />

RIA NOVOSTI<br />

Millions are mesmerized by the Mona Lisa’s<br />

smile but many believe Leonardo da Vinci<br />

sent a coded message to future generations.<br />

What did he want to warn us about? Who sat<br />

for the portrait of his most famous painting?<br />

And in 1911, how was it stolen from the<br />

Louvre in broad daylight? In this film, all the<br />

secrets of Gioconda are revealed.<br />

RUNNING TIME<br />

1x44’<br />

135

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