The Director died after a long illness.

Yuri Feklistov

Photo: Yury Feklistov

Late last night it became known that at the age of 83 in Odessa died a famous film Director Kira Muratova. About the exact reasons for the death of a star of domestic cinema has not been revealed, but we know that the past years Kira has been sick.

Of this sad event, said in his Facebook journalist and television producer Yuri minzyanov. Later information was confirmed by the husband Muratova Eugene Golubenko. The last years of his life Kira my husband and I spent at his home in Odessa, almost in seclusion. She never went out, didn’t shoot movies.

The last picture Muratova was released in 2012. Starring in “Eternal return” was played by Oleg Tabakov, Sergei Makovetsky, Alla Demidova and of course, Renata Litvinova. The latter was for Kira Georgievna of this Muse. She played in six scenes directed.

The news that Muratova passed away, very saddened her friends and colleagues. They began to publish the memories of Kira Georgievna in personal blogs.

“Dead Kira Muratova… something special was whispering in her universe. And she’s talented, in his own way all this is conveyed in the works…” — wrote Alexander Oleshko.

“Great… “the Long goodbye”, “brief encounters”, “the Asthenic syndrome” and all-all to review and revise… the Bright memory”, — he sad in a Network Maxim Vitorgan.

Kira Muratova was born in Soroca in Romania. She wanted to study Philology and even went to Moscow to enter Moscow state University, but then changed his mind and began to study at VGIK. The girl got into the Studio of Sergei Gerasimov. Her journey was not easy. Some of her paintings could be “shelved”, not allowed to run, as it was too bold for the Soviet time. She directed 16 films, almost every one of which became a cult. “The asthenic syndrome” in 1990 he received the Grand Prix of the Berlin film festival, and the film “the Adjuster” was shown at the Venice film festival.