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'Land of Oblivion' (original French title: 'La Terre outrage') is a 2011 film by director Michale Boganim.[http://stopklatka.pl/news/andrzej-chyra-i-olga-kurylenko-razem-w-filmie-o-czarnobylu Andrzej Chyra i Olga Kurylenko razem w filmie o Czarnobylu] stopklatka.pl[http://cineuropa.org/2011/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&documentID=146934 Land of Oblivion looks back at Chernobyl disaster] Cineuropa It is concerned with the immediate local effects of the Chernobyl disaster.[http://www.okino.ua/film/zemlya-zabveniya-101457/ ] at the okino.ua

Plot



April 26, 1986, day when the accident at the Chernobyl disaster power plant shocked the whole world. Technological progress was cursed by millions, and for such as Anya, Chernobyl was a personal disaster she was widowed on her wedding day; for such as Valery, Chernobyl a synonym for lost childhood and a crippled future. Endless battle with yourself and fruitless search for what is worth living, it's not all the tests that had to go through the main characters.

Cast



* Olga Kurylenko (Anya)

* Andrzej Chyra (Aleksei)

* Ilya Iosifov (Valery in aged 16)

* Sergei Strelnikov (Dmitri)

* Vyacheslav Slanko (Nikolay)

* Nicolas Wanczycki (Patrick)

Reception



The film was selected to Venice film festival 2011 and to Toronto film festival and another 50 festivals all over he world.

"La Terre Outrage will turn heads. This beautifully textured drama about the Chernobyl disaster and its long-term legacy was shot on location, giving the film a shocking sense of immediacy. The camera captures the sobering reality of the environmental catastrophe that devastated Ukraine. But the eerily vacant landscape is only a backdrop to the human cost of the tragedy, which is what director and writer Michale Boganim focuses on in her authoritative feature debut".FRom Toronto film festival Pierce Handling.

Critical reception for 'Land of Oblivion' was very good , with Variety praising the movie's production design.[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945981/ Land of Oblivion] Variety The French release was a critical success. 3.7 /5 . Allocin.[http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=190787.html La Terre Outrage] Allocine The film was highly praised in Japan when released after Fukushima disaster . Indiewire's The Playlist stating that "it does slowly find its rhythm, and so the film rather eloquently builds a picture not just of the lives shattered by disaster, but also these after-lives that are defined by it.[http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/marrakech-film-festival-11-reviews-land-of-oblivion-180# Marrakech Film Festival '11 Reviews: 'Land of Oblivion' Starring Olga Kurylenko and '180' The Swiss-German Version Of 'Crash' (Basically)] Indiewire

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