Cult Director in August will be 80 years old.

Andrei Konchalovsky

Photo: courtesy of the press service of Fund of Andrey Konchalovsky

On March 16, in Nizhny Novgorod will start the first of the activities
dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Konchalovsky. Retrospective
the film will take place in the framework of the cultural program, which will be
take place throughout Russia during the year.

In 2017 Andrei Konchalovsky celebrates his 80th
anniversary and 55th anniversary of creative activity. During the year in various cities and
regions of Russia to host events devoted to this
event: a retrospective of films, performances of plays by Chekhov
directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, creative evening with the participation of the celebrant, as well as
lectures and meetings
with participation of actors,
film critics and other artists, in different times
worked with the Director.

The first event in a series of events across Russia, will be
a retrospective of films by Andrei Konchalovsky in Nizhny Novgorod. From 16 to 23
March will not only see famous paintings
Director, but also visit a unique lecture on the characteristics of the
creative style Konchalovsky.

In the framework of the jubilee
year will visit
Andrei Konchalovsky on the far
The East; will be restored by the legendary painting “the First
teacher”, “the Story of Asya Klacina,
which I loved,
never married”, “Sibiriada”, “noble
nest”, “the Romance of
lovers”, “the hen”;
together with the charity Fund “Art, science and sport” in several cities
will be special screenings
painting “Paradise” with titlecommercial.

“This project gives
a great opportunity to attract
the attention of the new generation to
films that have become classics of Soviet and Russian cinema to give the audience
a meeting with the Russian realistic theatre,
and also to invite people
cities to meet with Andrei Konchalovsky and word of mouth to hear the story
the artist, who worked in Europe and America, and returned Home to work on
the benefit of his country”, — assured the members of the
the team of the Fund of Andrei Konchalovsky at the
the support of the cinema and performing arts.

Retrospective
screenings and lectures will also be held in Tyumen, Perm,
Samara, Voronezh, and Arkhangelsk. But in its recitals Andrew S.
invites residents of Khabarovsk, Blagoveshchensk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok,
Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow.