School of Seduction (18+)
Denmark, Austria, Norway, 2019, 97 min.
Director: Alina Rudnitskaya
Director: Alina Rudnitskaya
Three Russian women in their 30s who all seek the same: security, higher social status and eternal happiness. Not an easy wish to fulfil in today's Russia, where the patriarchy dominates. So our heroines take matters into their own hands and join a course in the art of seducing a man – preferably a rich one. Seven years of recordings paint a sometimes tragicomic picture of gender roles and femininity in Putin's Russia.
AWARDS
ARTDOCFEST (2019) – Jury prize; Sputnik film festival (Poland, 2019) – Best documentary.
Alina Rudnitskaya
Alina Rudnitskaya
graduated from St. Petersburg University of Arts and Culture with a degree in Film Directing. Member of the documentary program jury at MIFF (2014). Member of the jury of the feature film competition at IDFA (2014). Professor at St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television.
FILMOGRAPHY
Letter, 2001; Civil State, 2005; Kiss Me Tight, 2006; How to Become a Bitch, 2008; I will Forget this Day, 2011; Blood, 2013; Victory Day, 2014; Fatei and the Sea, 2018; School of seduction, 2019.
Denmark, Austria, Norway, 2019, 97 min.
Director: Alina Rudnitskaya
Director: Alina Rudnitskaya
Three Russian women in their 30s who all seek the same: security, higher social status and eternal happiness. Not an easy wish to fulfil in today's Russia, where the patriarchy dominates. So our heroines take matters into their own hands and join a course in the art of seducing a man – preferably a rich one. Seven years of recordings paint a sometimes tragicomic picture of gender roles and femininity in Putin's Russia.
AWARDS
ARTDOCFEST (2019) – Jury prize; Sputnik film festival (Poland, 2019) – Best documentary.