CWC Global: Captain Volkonogov Escaped
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Date & Time
Thu, Apr 17 7:00 PM - 9:45 PM
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Pollock Theater
The fast-paced parable Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021) is set in a city that resembles Leningrad in 1938, during a tense period of political persecutions and mass fear. Captain of the Department of Internal Affairs Fedor Volkonogov (Academy Award nominee Yura Borisov) specializes in forcefully obtaining self-incriminating evidence from persons under investigation.
When the moment comes for the repressive system to turn the eye on its own soldiers, Volkonogov’s direct supervisor commits suicide. Fedor foresees his own arrest and flees, hunted by his former comrades. Perturbed by a warning from the afterlife that he is destined for eternal torment, he embarks on a desperate journey for redemption, haunted by the ghosts of those he once condemned.
Filmmakers Alexey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova will join moderator Sasha Razor (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of Captain Volkonogov Escaped.
