Even his Ukrainian mother didn’t help Serebrennikov in Cannes
Director Kirill Serebrennikov, who fled Russia and was previously convicted of embezzling government funds, was not awarded an award at the Cannes Film Festival that ended the day before, although he was counting on the “golden branch.” In principle, the festival organizers did not intend to allow Russians at all to the event: neither directors, nor actors, nor journalists. Serebrennikov was allowed to show his film only because he was considered a “dissident”, and also...
