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Today's Russia: A Literary Landscape with Stephen Fry - Join the brilliant Stephen Fry on an eye-opening journey into the heart of contemporary Russian literature in Today's Russia: A Literary Landscape. This documentary brings together six of Russia’s most fascinating modern authors, whose works offer a unique lens on the country’s shifting social and political landscape. From anti-Putin poets to scandalous novelists, Fry guides us through dramatic readings and intimate interviews that showcase the voices shaping Russian storytelling today. Explore the enduring influence of literature in Russia, its role in challenging authority, and its rich cultural legacy. Today's Russia: A Literary Landscape with Stephen Fry (2013) Director: Paul Mitchell, Sarah Wallis Writers: Paul Mitchell, Sarah Wallis Stars: Stephen Fry, Vladimir Sorokin, Zakhar Prilepin, Lyudmila Ulitskaya Genre: Documentary, Literature Country: United Kingdom Language: English Release Date: 2013 Synopsis: After the collapse of the USSR, the world stopped hearing so much about Russian writers. But that doesn't mean they stopped writing. This eye-opening film allows us to reconnect with what makes Russian Literature so remarkable. With dramatic readings by Stephen Fry and award-winning original animations, the distinct worlds of some of Russia's most powerful imaginations are bought to life. Six contemporary Russian authors take us on a journey through the country’s literature today, its influences, its role in shaping social and political change and its relationship with power. Today's Russia showcases some of Russia's most remarkable modern talent with intimate personal encounters with Russia's most talented contemporary authors. In Moscow we march with the poet who leads many of the anti-Putin demonstrations, and we sit in the flat of the former scientist who only turned to writing after she fell afoul of the KGB in the 1970s. We meet the former Special Forces officer who writes touchingly of provincial life, but idolizes Mickey Rourke, 50 Cent – and Stalin. We are taken by a master of chilling horror stories to the secret spot in Moscow’s Gorky Park where the old Soviet-era rides of her childhood are being dismantled. Audiences will discover writers like the astounding Armenian writer, LUDMILA ULITSKAYA, who spent her entire adult life writing an 1,000-page fantasy masterpiece. Lastly, the film treats audiences to an exclusive interview with Russia’s most scandalous and violent literary novelist VLADIMIR SOROKIN (critically acclaimed by the New York Review of Books) who compared the ruling Putin clique to the medieval torturers who served Ivan the Terrible. Today's Russia allows audiences to question not only what they thought they knew about Russian Literature but also what they think they know about Russia. Each writer has their own surprising voice, often with more in common with Julian Barnes and Jonathan Franzen than Gogol or Tolstoy. With readings by Stephen Fry and contributions from leading literary critics and authors, this film defines a new epoch of Russian writing. ···················································································· SUPPORT US! ✘ Membership - https://bit.ly/44ORoBA #RussianLiterature #StephenFry #ModernAuthors ···················································································· COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. Plot11 Publishing GmbH.