Every day, Allociné recommends a film to (re) see on TV. Tonight: Thomas VINTERBERG traces one of the greatest disasters in the Russian Navy.
On August 12, 2000, during a naval exercise, the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Koursk sank in the Barent Sea with 118 men on board. A maritime disaster that inspired the filmmaker Thomas Ventterberg.
18 years after this sinking, the director of the Cesarized and Oscar -winning feature film Drunk adapted history to the cinema. His title? Kursk. While in the damaged submarine, twenty-three sailors are fighting to survive, on the ground, their families desperately fight against bureaucratic blockages which are constantly compromising the hope of saving them.
About this historic tragedy, the two main actors, Matthias Schoenaerts and Léa Seydoux, said: “”It is humanity against bureaucracy“”. By their side, there are other big names in cinema, starting with Colin Firth (the speech of a king), Peter Simonischek (Toni Erdmann), August Diehl (a hidden life), or Max von Sydow (the three days of Condor).
The true story of a human tragedy
Kursk Bases on the book by journalist Robert Moore, A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy, which dissects the various scientific expertise as well as the last moments of the condemned submariners.
The film proposes to relive the sinking of three different points of view: that of the crew and its survivors (led by Matthias Schoenaerts), that of the families of the victims (embodied by Léa Seydoux), and finally, that of the Russian, British and Norwegian marine forces who try to save the survivors. Three points of view, but the same tragedy.
The scriptwriter and producer Robert Rodat, appointed to the Oscars to save soldier Ryan, was responsible for adaptation. To be near the real, he asked David Russell, who led the Koursk rescue mission for the Royal Navy, to become a consultant on the film.
David Russell accepted the proposal, and had the honor of being awarded one of the flagship roles of Kursk under the features of the actor Colin Firth. A careful adaptation and hailed by spectators, as these few published comments reveal:
“Un Remarkable film which relates this tragedy“(Nadège P.)
“”Poignant and overwhelming film in view of the facts“(Johnplayers)
“”The director made a really remarkable film, both human and technically“(Colombe P.)
“”It's extremely poignant and overwhelming“(Dominique P.)
“”Exceptional film in the way of retransmiting emotions in a realistic way, without anthology“(Bill Happier)
Noted 3.6 out of 5 by Internet users of Allociné, Kursk So meticulously revisits one of the darkest pages in contemporary Russian history …
Tonight on Arte at 9:00 p.m.
“Kursk”: “It's humanity against bureaucracy”:
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