Grozny Blues
Grozny Blues

Movie·2015·1h 44m

Grozny Blues

Country

Switzerland

Language

Russian

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The Story

«Grozny Blues» follows a few people around Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya where daily life is defined by political repression, constricting customs, forced Islamification and the failure to come to terms with recent history. The film revolves around four women who have been fighting for human rights under worsening conditions for many years but get more and more disillusioned with the situation in Putin’s Russia. The building where they work is also home to a Blues Club that is frequented by a group of young people. Having only vague memories of the Chechen wars in the 90s, they try to make sense of the strange things that are happening in their country. In linking the personal and intimate to the political, Nicola Bellucci shows in a dramatic and yet very poetic way what it means to live in a divided society that navigates a no-man’s land between war and peace, repression and freedom, archaic traditions and modern life.

Written By

Lucia Sgueglia

Producer

Frank Matter

Cinematography

Nicola Bellucci

Editor

Chiara Ronchini

Themes

familyhuman rightsclandestineyoung adultwar women

Production House

soap factory
SRF

Audience Score

68%

4 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

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Crew

Nicola Bellucci

Nicola Bellucci

Director of Photography, Director, Writer

Olga Kravets

Director of Photography

Géraldine Zosso

Director of Photography

Chiara Ronchini

Editor

Alkmini Boura

Editor

Sophie Brunner

Editor

Simon Guy Fässler

Director of Photography

Lucia Sgueglia

Writer

Frank Matter

Frank Matter

Producer

Anja Bombelli

Editor

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