“Most Russians don't treat the government, or those in power, as something close to them. They don't believe that they, as ordinary people, are able to change the development of things. That's why they have a very specific ironic sentiment towards power and the figures that represent it. I wanted to translate this irony into the cinematic language.” PeopleBelieveGovernmentAbleWantedLanguageFiguresDevelopmentOrdinaryTreatsDon't BelieveIronySentimentsIronicTranslateOrdinary PeopleCinematic Author:Andrey Zvyagintsev
“When an actor comes to you and starts working with the script, the image of his character that you had in your mind gets substituted with an image of that particular actor. And this is the right way to go. An actor has to be absolutely truthful - this is the only thing required of him, apart from talent of course. It's very easy to understand: you need to absolutely believe in what you see.” MindBelieveCharacterEasyTalentTruthful Author:Andrey Zvyagintsev
