Russian Directors at Cannes Confront Fleeing Putin's War and Defy Calls for Russia Film Boycott
’s latest, “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” playing in competition — many Russian filmmakers say they will sit this one out. “I feel uncomfortable to go, under the given circumstances,” admits one veteran producer.
The swift and wide-ranging global response to the war, however, instantly turned Putin’s Russia into a pariah state, politically and economically cut off from the West. The film industry is reeling. Box office plunged after Hollywood studios pulled their Russian releases in the wake of the invasion. A financing and distribution model built on international cooperation is suddenly in shambles.
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