Elena is a student in Minsk, Belarus. She has a passionate but increasingly difficult relationship with her boyfriend Victor. When her father is arrested, she has to continue his illegal business. In order to make deals for him, she repeatedly has to drive into the ‚forbidden zone‘ of Chernobyl. She finds herself attracted by the zone’s deceptive beauty – but her life seems more and more contaminated by a destructive force…
After the TV Premieres in Germany and France (ARTE, ARD)
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QUOTES
‚Like a silent scream.‘ (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
‚A film that haunts you and gets under your skin. It is a quiet masterpiece.‘ (Steve Kopian, unseenfilms.net)
‚Very strong narrative and pictures.‘ (Spielfilm.de)
‚This kind of moviemaking is the most important and most useful for us all.‘ (Edgar Reitz)
‚Minimalistic with virtuosity.‘ (Filmdienst)
‚Herzog connects almost documentary realism with poetry.‘ (epd Film)
‚This impressionistic drama fascinates, without a chronological structure, with dreamlike pictures.‘ (Blickpunkt Film)
MORE PRESS LINKS
https://www.epd-film.de/filmkritiken/1986
https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/593980/1986#kritik
http://www.unseenfilms.net/2020/01/1986-2019-slamdance-2020.html
rauchend.html
https://www.kino-zeit.de/film-kritiken-trailer-streaming/1986-2019
https://eefb.org/perspectives/lothar-herzogs-1986-2019
It is a film that haunts you and gets under your skin. It is a quiet masterpiece.
Steve Kopian
1986 gives a deep insight in the mentality and psyche of Belarus. There are no false notes in this film.
Mikolai Lawreniuk
This kind of moviemaking is the most important and most useful for us all.
Edgar Reitz
Awards
*GOLD PRICE* for Best Directing at the International Film Festival Hof
*BEST FEATURE FILM* at Mosfilmfest in Moscow
*BEST CAMERA* for Philipp Baben der Erde at ‚Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award‘
*NO FEAR First Steps Award for Best Production*
*First Steps Award for Best Feature (Nomination)*
*Best Supporting Actor* for Evgeni Sangadzhiev at Loudoun Arts and film Festival
*Special Mention: Outstanding Breakout Performance* for Daria Mureeva at Loudoun Arts and Film Festival
*Rimbaud for Best Screenplay* at Les Rimbaud du Cinéma Festival
Festivals
Lothar Herzog has made a visually powerful first feature film with the kind of artistic singularity that makes the cinema d’auteur so attractive.
Bernhard Sinkel
1986 gives a deep insight in the mentality and psyche of Belarus. There are no false notes in this film.
Mikolai Lawreniuk
This impressionistic drama fascinates, without a chronological structure, with dreamlike pictures.
Heike Angermeier
More Critics and Interviews:
https://cenasdecinema.com/1986-filme/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et4sYAe7Hac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xST1wu-6WV8
https://saltlakedirt.com/film/f/lothar-herzog-writer-director-of-1986
https://filmthreat.com/reviews/1986-movie/
ROHFILM PRODUCTIONS present 1986 in coproduction with DFFB and WDR in cooperation with ARTE coproducer LOTHAR HERZOG with DARIA MUREEVA EVGENI SANGADZHIEV ALEKSEI FILIMONOV HELGA FILIPPOVA VITALI KOTOVITSKI VJACHESLAV SHAKALIDO ALEKSEI KRAVCHENKO director of photography PHILIPP BABEN DER ERDE art director KIRILL GALITSKI costume ALJONA ROMANOVA make-up TANYA NAGEL-TCHERNOVA assistant director STANISLAV DANYLYSHYN sound JOHANNES KASCHEK editor STEFANIE KOSIK LOTHAR HERZOG HERZOG sound design NIKLAS KAMMERTÖNS TAREK SOLTANI sound mix JAN PASEMANN color correction JAN HARTMANN music FABIAN SAUL RAFAEL TRIEBEL production manager ROMANA JANIK commissioning editor ANDREA HANKE GEORG STEINERT BIRGIT KÄMPER producer BENNY DRECHSEL screenplay and director LOTHAR HERZOG. 77min. 2019/2020.