Showing: Kira Muratova  
Among Grey Stones

In Among Gray Stones, Kira Muratova crafts a dreamlike coming-of-age tale, adapted from a short story by legendary Ukrainian writer Vladimir Korolenko.

Kira Muratova Soviet Union, 1983
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The Asthenic Syndrome

Widely considered Kira Muratova’s masterpiece, The Asthenic Syndrome is also Soviet cinema’s grand avant-comic opus, a deconstructive portrait of the nation in the final, frenzied stages of the communist experiment.

Kira Muratova Soviet Union, 1989
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Brief Encounters

The roots of Kira Muratova’s impressionistic style are on display in her first solo feature, which was banned by Soviet censors for twenty years.

Kira Muratova Ukraine, 1967
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The Long Farewell

This pointillist family portrait by Kira Miratova is one of the bracingly original Soviet filmmaker’s long-banned major works.

Kira Muratova Ukraine, 1971
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The Tuner

Adapted from selected stories by Arkady Koshko, The Tuner is Muratova’s pitch-black con-artist comedy as well as a veritable masterclass in slow-burn spontaneity Capitalizing on an overheard conversation, low-tier schemer Andrey (Georgiy Deliev) disguises himself as a piano tuner to access the apartment of Anna (Alla Demidova), a wealthy older woman.

Kira Muratova Russia, 2004
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