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“Before and During” by Vladimir Sharov
25 June 2020
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Late Soviet stagnation, Moscow. Alyosha – a writer who suffers from fits accompanied by memory loss – admits himself to a psychiatric institute for experimental treatment. Inspired by Ivan the Terrible’s “Memorial Book of the Disgraced” and his own spiritual crisis, Alyosha has been trying to record the memories of people in his life who
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“The Rehearsals” by Vladimir Sharov
27 April 2020
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Seventeenth century Russia, New Jerusalem Monastery. The recently deposed Patriarch Nikon, whose reforms lead to a schism in the Orthodox church, employs a French dramatist to stage the New Testament and hasten the Second Coming of Christ. Jacques de Sertan’s troupe consists of untrained and illiterate peasants. The actors are divided into roles, whole families
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