Fairytale (film)

Fairytale (Russian: Сказка, romanized: Skazka) is a 2022 experimental animated fantasy film directed by Alexander Sokurov. It depicts conversations in purgatory among Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill, using archival footage, and also features Jesus and Napoleon.[1][2][3]

For the 2012 horror film, see The Haunting of Helena.
Fairytale
Poster
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byAlexander Sokurov
Produced byNikolay Yankin
Music byMurat Kabardokov
Production
company
Intonations
Release date
  • 6 August 2022 (2022-08-06) (Locarno)
Running time
78 minutes
Countries
  • Russia
  • Belgium
Languages
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Italian
  • English
  • French

Voice cast
  • Lothar Deeg and Tim Ettelt as Hitler[1]
  • Vakhtang Kuchava as Stalin[1]
  • Fabio Mastrangelo as Mussolini[1]
  • Alexander Sagabashi and Michael Gibson as Churchill[1]

Release

The film had its world premiere in August 2022 at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. It was submitted to the 2022 Cannes Film Festival but was not selected.[1]

Reception

Fairytale has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. [4]

Neil Young of Screen Daily wrote, "while Fairytale stretches the viewer's indulgent patience even at a relatively brief 78 minutes, surrendering to its odd, oneiric flow can often prove an experience more pleasurable than purgatorial."[2] Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that "even at just under 80 minutes, Fairytale too often appears to be running (or rather drifting) in place" but that "[a]s visions of purgatory go, it's an eerily beautiful one".[3]

David Jenkins of Little White Lies wrote, "the novelty of the interactions and the almost lyrical directionlessness of the conversations manages to hold the attention, largely through the freshness and innovation of the visuals."[5] Nicholas Bell of IONCINEMA called the film "a subversive reflection on the past as well as a hypnotic provocation", giving it three and a half out of five stars.[6] Leonardo Goi of The Film Stage wrote, "lysergic and creatively fertile as its setup may sound, Fairytale is a rather staid dream", giving it a C+ grade.[7]

References
  1. Macnab, Geoffrey (5 August 2022). "Russian director Alexander Sokurov on dictators and politicians, being 'disliked' by Cannes and festival boycotts". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. Young, Neil (7 August 2022). "'Fairytale': Locarno Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. Lodge, Guy (6 August 2022). "'Fairytale' Review: Infamous Men of History Gather and Gossip in Alexander Sokurov's Eerie, Deepfaked Plunge Into Purgatory". Variety. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fairytale_2022
  5. Jenkins, David (5 August 2022). "Fairytale – first-look review". Little White Lies. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  6. Bell, Nicholas (6 August 2022). "Fairytale | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review". IONCINEMA. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  7. Goi, Leonardo (7 August 2022). "Locarno Review: Alexander Sokurov's Fairytale Imagines a Surreal, Staid Purgatorial Journey". The Film Stage. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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