Nikita Lavretski decided to "scrape" words from James Joyce's novel Ulysses and "write" his own modern odyssey through it, replacing for example Dublin for Minsk, and instead of a Jewish busybodyn the personal director of President Lukashenko. In his film-palimpsest, he not only refers to the famous modernist novel by the Irish writer, but uses the opening scene to bring into play the no-less-famous attempt at a film adaptation from 1967. On his convoluted postmodern pilgrimage, he meets doctors, politicians, propagandists, artists, drunkards and outcasts. He conducts blasphemous dialogues with them about the rotten nature of the ruling regime, vents creative and personal frustrations, or just tries to borrow a cell phone to call home to his wife. The cinematic colossus that unfolds over nine hours fascinates with the omnipresence of intense moments, ordered one after the other with a wild rhythmic cadence. Link IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33776835/ Link Review: https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/469683 About movie: https://cineuropa.org/en/film/469682/ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsCaFN2m5U
Link to watch: https://pro.festivalscope.com/film/ulysses-3
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