Grozny Blues

Grozny Blues

2015
1h 44m
6.8

6.8/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

«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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
soap factory SRF
Production Countries
Switzerland
Spoken Languages
Russian Chechen

Quick Facts

Release Date April 18, 2015
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt4602914
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Cast

Key Crew

Nicola Bellucci
Director
Lucia Sgueglia
Writer
Nicola Bellucci
Writer
Frank Matter
Producer