GROZNY BLUES
2015 Films
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1h 44m
GROZNY BLUES follows a few people around Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya where daily life is defined by political repression, constricting customs, forced Islamification and the failure to come to terms with recent history. The film revolves around four women who have been fighting for human rights under worsening conditions for many years but get more and more disillusioned with the situation in Putin’s Russia. The building where they work is also home to a Blues Club that is frequented by a group of young people. Having only vague memories of the Chechen wars in the 90s, they try to make sense of the strange things that are happening in their country. In linking the personal and intimate to the political, Nicola Bellucci shows in a dramatic and yet very poetic way what it means to live in a divided society that navigates a no-man’s land between war and peace, repression and freedom, archaic traditions and modern life.
Direction: Nicola Bellucci
Script: Nicola Bellucci, Lucia Sgueglia
Production: Frank Matter, Frank Matter
Cinematography: Simon Guy Fässler
Editing: Anja Bombelli
Sound: Pedro Haldemann, Oliver JeanRichard
Original Score: Valerio Vilar, Bruno Franceschini
Original Title: GROZNY BLUES
Original Languages: Chechen, Russian
Subtitles: English
Film Production Country: Switzerland
Website: www.groznyblues.com
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groznyblues?fref=ts
Biography of the Director/s
Nicola Bellucci, born 1963 in Arezzo (Italy), studied at the University of Florence philosophy, literature and film. 1988 He obtained the directing diploma at the Istituto di scienze cinematografiche, Firenze. By 1992 he was working as an author and director of photography in Italy. Four years later, he moved to Basel (Switzerland) where he lives ever since.
In the year 2010, Bellucci realized his first documentary feature, «Nel giardino dei suoni», which won numerous international awards.
filmography as a director:
2015 GROZNY BLUES. Documentary feature
2010 NEL GIARDINO DEI SUONI. Documentary feature
2002 ONOMA. Six short films for Swiss Expo 02
2001 DO IT. Short film, Regione Toscana - RAI 3
1994 SITUATIONSANSATZKONKRET. Educational video
1989 ERA LA NOSTRA FONTE. Short fiction film
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