A jubilee Film Festival in Kazan opens a new movie by Vera Glagoleva

The X Kazan International Muslim Film Festival to be opened by a premiere of Vera Glagoleva "Two Women", loosely based on the play by Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country". September 5, the movie will be shown to the public for the first time: a motion -picture made ​​in Russia, Latvia and France has not yet appeared in a wide distribution. A new work will be presented in Kazan by Vera Glagoleva: the famous Russian actress and director is a guest of honor of the festival, and participates in the opening ceremony of the Film Forum.

A dramatic movie "Two Women" - the fifth directorial work by People's Artist of Russia Vera Glagoleva. Shooting the film took several years. "Two Women" - the first film version of the play by Ivan Turgenev " A month in the country." According to the director, screen adaption is inspired by a well-known theatrical Anatoly Efros performance. "Two Women" - is another attempt with the help of the classic of literature to unravel the secret of the soul and nature of the Russian people – the words by V.Glagoleva are quoted on the official website of the film. - The plot of the film from the first to the last shot is saturated with the atmosphere of a typical aristocratic life of a noble family and its principal lady - Natalya Petrovna – impersonation of Russian beauties of the end of XIX century ... The film was shot in a real Russian country estate, in its original interiors. "

The movie is distinguished by a brilliant cast stars of European and Russian cinema Ralph Fiennes (UK), Sylvie Testud (France), Bernd Moss (Germany), Alexander Baluev, Sergei Yushkevich, Larissa Malevannaya and others play in a film.

"Two Women", filmed on the play by classic of Russian literature Ivan Turgenev, is chosen as the opening film-anniversary of Kazan Film Festival is no accident - says art director of KIMFF Albina Nafigova. - The festival is held in the year of culture, and coming 2015 to Russia was declared by the Russian President the Year of the Literature. Thus, the opening film of the festival will be a "bridge" connecting the outgoing the Culture Year with the Year of Literature. "

We remind that Vera Glagoleva is not the first time visiting Kazan Film Festival: in 2009, her motion picture "One War" was the winner of KIMFF.

The X International Festival of Muslim Cinema in Kazan will be held from September 5 to 11, 2014. The official website of the festival http://kazan-mfmk.com.

Press service Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan