Neon Takes U.S. Rights to Russian Oscar Submission 'Dear Comrades!'
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hollywoodreporter.comNeon has picked up the U.S. rightsto Andrei Konchalovsky’sDear Comrades!,which is set to be Russia’s official Oscars submission.
The movie, which premiered at theVenice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize, is set in 1962 and told through the eyes of a devout party activist.
It takes place when the communist government raises food prices and the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike, and captures the massacre which then ensues.
Julia Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrei Gusev, Yulia Burova and Sergei Erlish star. Konchalovsky penned the movie with Elena Kiseleva, with Alisher Usmanov producing.
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