Sound
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 Woman · 2022A 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 Musique · 2004Notre 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 World · 1980Getting 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 Tuner · 2005The 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 West · 2003Untouched 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 Motifs · 2002Chekhovian 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 Clouds · 1968White 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 One · 2007Two 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.














