ACT & PUNISHMENT

Russia, 2015, 90 min.

Director Evgeny Mitta

Vladimir Putin is openly supported by the Patriarch Cyril as presidential candidate. Pussy Riot decides to react, conducting a punk church service in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: Mother of God, Chase Putin Away! The action, stopped by security, becomes their greatest failure but it also becomes their most famous action. Katya, Masha and Nadya are arrested. They are brought before the court and threatened by prison. Thanks to law enforcement, the tribunal becomes a world-scale event. The film shows that the phenomenon of actionism is situated at the intersection of the art, the history and the politics. The action of Pussy Riot could be interpreted as the continuation of the old Russian tradition of ‘holy fools’, those who were not afraid of speaking disagreeable truths even to Tsars. Revolutionary art of Russian avant-garde took its inspiration in Russian icons, and bright attire of Pussy Riot is inspired by suprematist images of Kasimir Malevich.

Artdocfest / Moscow, Russia 2015

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