Friday, April 20, 2018

Embattled Director Kirill Serebrennikov Gets A Film Into Cannes - So Russia Extends His House Arrest

The director of Moscow's acclaimed Gogol Center theater, Serebrennikov has been under house arrest since last August, awaiting trial on embezzlement charges that his allies call absurd and trumped-up. Seemingly in response to the news that Serebrennikov's latest film, Summer, will be screened in competition at the Cannes Festival next month, authorities in Moscow extended his house arrest into July.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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