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TMDB Rating 4.7
IMDB Rating 7.7
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Status: Released

Average Rating: 5

Release Date: Mar 18, 2011

Rating: 2011-03-18

Run Time: 1h 20m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: Canada , United States of America

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Synopsis

How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.


Main Cast

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

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Sally Field

Sally Field

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Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

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Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Amanda Pope
Amanda Pope
Tchavdar Georgiev
Tchavdar Georgiev
Production Producer
Amanda Pope
Amanda Pope
Tchavdar Georgiev
Tchavdar Georgiev
Crew Cinematography
Alexandr Dolgin
Alexandr Dolgin
Gennadi Balitski
Gennadi Balitski
Writing Writer
Amanda Pope
Amanda Pope
Tchavdar Georgiev
Tchavdar Georgiev
Editing Editor
Tchavdar Georgiev
Tchavdar Georgiev
Sound Music
Miriam Cutler
Miriam Cutler
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