The Student

Streaming video - 2016

This Cannes Film Festival award-winning feature follows a young man whose growing religious fervor spills into the public sphere.. When Venya refuses to participate in mixed swimming lessons because it is "against his religion," his mother blames shyness. Exempted by the school's devout principal, Venya grows increasingly certain that his strict, rigorous Bible studies give allows him to manipulate all forms of authority. Challenged by a teacher over his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community.. Winner of the François Chalais Award at Cannes Film Festival. Winner of Best Supporting Actress and Best Composer and nominated for Best Film at the Russian Guild of Film Critics. Selected as Best Film for ...the Year of Russian Cinema, a government funded event in 2016.. "Kirill Serebrennikov's study of a problem teenager's religious awakening is as aesthetically kinetic as it is intellectually rigorous." - Guy Lodge, Variety. "A serious, sharply mounted drama that gets more engrossing as it moves along." - Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Under the Milky Way 2016.
2018.
Language
English
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time
01:58:43
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).