Aleksandra

Alexandra (Russian: Александра, translit. Aleksandra) is a 2007 Russian film about the Second Chechen War, written and directed by Aleksandr Sokurov. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film received positive reviews from critics, although other critics found it to be slow and difficult to sit through. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 85 out of 100, based on 13 reviews. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times named it the 3rd best film of 2008, Michael Philllips of the Chicago Tribune named it the 6th best film of 2008 and Bill White of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer named it the 8th best film of 2008. However, David Fear of Time Out: New York wrote: "Sokurov prefers the sort of...