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SCREENINGS AT IDFA 2017
THEATER RELEASE: NOVEMBER 23 2017
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​Why is it that still so many Russians defend Stalin as a great leader and a hero? The Red Soul lays bare the Russian psyche of today and shows a world full of contradictions.


In the country where hardly any family escaped the hunger, fear and violence resulting from Stalin’s terror, no one has ever been convicted for the crimes committed under his regime. Is Stalin a hero who led the Soviet Union to victory? Or can he be held responsible for the millions of victims who died during his reign? Even now, more than 50 years after the death of Joseph Stalin, Russians are still deeply divided over how to deal with the memories of this painful past. In a mosaic of intimate portraits ordinary Russians, both young and old, speak openly about their traumas, rooted in a violent history. Tales of pain alternate with tales of pride. Nostalgic stories of a state flourishing under the Communist ideal contrast with painful memories of hunger, violence and betrayal. Not infrequently these conflicting views can be found in one and the same person. Gradually this intriguing film exposes how the Soviet past lives on in current generations in Russia, and thus makes its mark on the future.


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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - NOV 29, 2017





"Winning combination of topicality and artistic quality... Gorter sensibly leaves the viewer to draw their own historical connections between the past and the present."


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filmuforia - nov 29, 2017



****



"Nearly 65 years after the death of Joseph Stalin, director/co-writer Jessica Gorter (900 Days) asks citizen of the Russian Federation the question if Stalin was a tyrant or a saviour. The response is illuminating, sad and relevant."


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FILMKRANT - NOV 9, 2017



****



"The films not about Stalins terror, but about the way Russians deal with it today. Just like Gorter's 900 Days is not about the starvation of the German starvation siege of Leningrad, but about the memories of it."


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SpecIAL SCREENINGS



BLINI BIOSCOOP - ROTTERDAM



SUNDAY DECEMBER 17 - 15.00





Q&A with director Jessica Gorter after the screening



verkadefabriek - den bosch



THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 - 19.00





Q&A with director Jessica Gorter after the screening



RUSSIAN PREMIERE -ARTDOCFEST



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Moscow: Karo 11

Thursday dec 7th - 20.00

Saturday dec 9th - 15:30

StPetersburg: Angleterre

Mondag dec 11 - 20:30



FILMHUIS DE KEIZER - DEVENTER



SUNDAY JANUARY 28 - 16:00





Q&A with director Jessica Gorter after the screening



IN THE FOLLOWING THEATERS



Filmtheater ‘t Hoogt Utrecht



Focus Filmtheater Arnhem



​Natlab Eindhoven



Lumière Maastricht



Verkadefabriek Den Bosch



Filmschuur Haarlem



Forum Images Gro​ningen



Filmtheater Hilversum



Chassé Cinema Breda



LUX Nijmegen



Filmhuis Den Haag



Lantaren-Venster Rotterdam



Het Ketelhuis Amsterdam​



EYE Amsterdam​



De Balie Amsterdam​



Filmtheater De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort





DIRECTOR JESSICA GORTER SCRIPT JESSICA GORTER, MARIEKE VAN DER WINDEN CINEMATOGRAPHY SANDER SNOEP NSC EDITING DANNIEL DANNIEL, BOBBIE ROELOFS SOUND MARK WESSNER PRODUCTION RUSSIA OKSANA MAKSIMCHUK SOUNDDESIGN & MIX TOM BIJNEN MUSIC RUTGER ZUYDERVELT GRADING BART VERRAEST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JUDITH VRERIKS COMMISSIONING EDITOR IKONDOCS MARGJE DE KONING PRODUCER FRANK VAN DEN ENGEL | ZEPPERS FILM BV | WWW.THEREDSOUL.NET





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A ZEPPERS PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH IKONDOCS

DISTRIBUTION: MOKUM FILMDISTRIBUTIE

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION: DECKERT-DISTRIBUTION