Dear Comrades!

Dear Comrades! (Russian: Дорогие товарищи!, romanized: Dorogie tovarishchi!) is a 2020 Russian historical drama film about the Novocherkassk massacre produced, co-written and directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.[1] It was entered in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.[2][3] At Venice, the film won the Special Jury Prize.[4] The film received a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and was selected as the Russian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,[5] making the shortlist of fifteen films.[6]

Dear Comrades!
Film poster
Дорогие товарищи!
Directed byAndrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay by
  • Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Elena Kiseleva
Produced byAndrei Konchalovsky
Olesya Gidrat
Alisher Usmanov
Starring
CinematographyAndrey Naydenov
Edited by
  • Sergei Taraskin
  • Karolina Maciejewska
Production
company
Andrei Konchalovsky Studios
Release date
  • 7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) (Venice)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Plot

The film tells about the shooting of a demonstration of workers in Novocherkassk in 1962. Lyudmila is a party worker of the local city committee, a staunch communist. During a workers' strike at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, Lyudmila witnesses the shooting of a workers' demonstration by order of the Government Commission, which is trying to hide the fact of a mass strike in the USSR. During the execution, Lyudmila's daughter disappears in the square, which makes a change in Lyudmila's worldview. Despite the blockade of the city, mass arrests and attempts by the Soviet authorities to hide what happened, she is looking for her daughter everywhere.

Cast
  • Julia Vysotskaya as Lyudmila 'Lyuda' Syomina
  • Sergei Erlish as Lyuda's father
  • Yuliya Burova as Svetka, Lyuda's daughter
  • Vladislav Komarov as Loginov
  • Andrey Gusev as Viktor

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 95% approval rating based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Dear Comrades takes a sharp, commanding look at a dark chapter in Soviet history made even more effective by its director's cold fury."[7] According to Metacritic, which sampled 14 critics and calculated a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, the film received "universal acclaim".[8]

See also

References
  1. "Andrei Konchalovsky's Venice Competition Title Dear Comrades Snapped Up by Films Boutique". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Sharf, Zack (28 July 2020). "Venice Film Festival 2020 Full Lineup: Luca Guadagnino, Chloe Zhao, Gia Coppola, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. "Venezia 77 Competition". labiennale.org. La Biennale di Venezia. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. "Venice Film Festival 2020 Winners: Nomadland Takes Golden Lion, Vanessa Kirby Is Best Actress". IndieWire. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. "The Union of Cinematographers appreciated the nomination for the "Oscar" of the film "Dear Comrades!"". Teller Report. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. Davis, Clayton (9 February 2021). "Oscars Shortlists Announced in Nine Categories". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. "Dear Comrades! (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. "Dear Comrades! Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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