Valentin Silvestrov

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Valentin Silvestrov

Born September 30, 1937 · Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) (age 89)

Valentin Silvestrov is a Ukrainian composer and pianist.

Known For

A WomanA Woman · 2022
A Woman
★ 4.82022
MovieDrama
Juliane, a police commissioner in Paris, is a woman with great moral integrity. But when she discovers her husband’s double life, she starts committing acts she never would have thought herself capable of.
Notre MusiqueNotre Musique · 2004
Notre Musique
★ 6.72004
MovieDrama
A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war itself.
Getting to Know the Big Wide WorldGetting to Know the Big Wide World · 1980
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
★ 5.31980
MovieDrama
On a rough and tumble construction site for a new factory, the conversation flows and love blooms for trio Lyuba, Misha, and Kolya. In the liminal space of their workplace, they build material and intangible connections.
The TunerThe Tuner · 2005
The Tuner
★ 6.62005
MovieComedyCrime
A young piano tuner befriends two rich old-ladies, and plots, with the help of his girlfriend, to betray their trust and steal from them.
Untouched by the WestUntouched by the West · 2003
Untouched by the West
★ 7.22003
MovieDrama
Loosely based on Diégo Brosset’s novel, set in the Sahara at the beginning of the twentieth century. A man of the desert is adopted by some hunters and becomes a highly respected guide while trying to escape colonization.
Chekhovian MotifsChekhovian Motifs · 2002
Chekhovian Motifs
★ 4.42002
MovieComedy
The film is based on A. P. Chekhov’s play “Tatiana Repina” and short story “Difficult People”. At his wedding, the groom is horrified to see among the church crowd his former mistress who had recently committed suicide.
White CloudsWhite Clouds · 1968
White Clouds
★ 8.01968
MovieDrama
A man is notified of his father's imminent death. He travels to his father in a remote Ukrainian village, recalling his childhood during the disastrous forced collectivization and artificial famine (Holodomor) of the 1930s by the Soviet regime. The film was heavily cut due to censorship by the Soviet Government.
Two in OneTwo in One · 2007
Two in One
★ 2.52007
MovieDramaComedy
This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one. Two in One's two parts, "Stagehands" and "Woman of a Lifetime," celebrate the psychological richness that lurks just beneath the surface of banal reality - if murderous stagehands, lascivious fathers and vengeful daughters can be described as banal.

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Approaching the FutureApproaching the Future · 1986
Approaching the Future
★ 5.81986
MovieDrama
The hero of the film, academician Sergei Vasilyevich Lunin, director of the Kiev Research Institute of Informatics, is working on the implementation of the Unity project in the enterprises of a single department. According to his calculations, this global information network should significantly reduce the number of intermediate instances and, accordingly, the decision-making time. Lunin has opponents. Despite a sharp deterioration in health, the hero goes to the Novogorsk Tractor Plant and there he finds out the real reason for the downtime, and, consequently, the reason for hiding the data. Knowing that he has only six months to live, Lunin abandons the operation and does everything possible to protect his project.

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