Parquet
Elegantly fascinating tango drama about life and death turns to heartbreaking tale about dreams, illusions and sacrifices, which coincidentally became almost autobiographical for director Aleksandr Mindadze. Instead of tango just name any other profession, which consumes a whole time and efforts so you forget to enjoy living.
Long time ago a famous tango dancer Cockatoo was surrounded by the light of glory, money and love. Decision to quit suddenly changed everything. Everyone ignored him. Fame expired quickly. After being forgotten for 25 years, Cockatoo returns on the parquet. Same movements, frames, gravities are hard to improvise again due to lost strength, injuries, addiction to alcohol. He will meet abandoned wife Elisabeth and former lover Valencia for grandiose romantic final dance, which they sensationally performed in a brighter past.
Natural, energetic, charming transformation of Polish superstar Chyra, who has never danced before, is incredibly awesome. Kulesza had professional trainings in ballet and succeeded to win Polish TV conquest "Dancing with the Stars", but She never acted in Russian and couldn’t even speak Russian. Belarusian born Israeli actress Dodina joined Polish duo for the threesome of graceful milongas with youthful memories, pain, hopes, tenderness, dreams, fears, hatred, betrayals, passions, followed by masterfully magical camera of Romanian Mutu.
Edvinas Pukšta
Aleksandr Mindadze (b. 1949) graduated from the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK). He is one of the most acclaimed scriptwriters and directors in Russia with more than 20 of his screenplays produced since 1975. Early in his career, he teamed up with the acclaimed Russian director Vadim Abdrashitov, with whom he collaborated on eleven films. The Mindadze-Abdrashitov duo won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 1995 for the film "A Play for A Passenger". In 2007, Aleksandr’s directorial debut "Soar" premiered at Venice Critics’ Week. Thе film received two awards in Russia, including the Film Critics Award for the Best Debut Film. "Parquet" is Mindadze's fourth feature film as a director.
Otryv (Soaring, 2007), V subbotu (Innocent Saturday, 2011), Milyy Khans, dorogoy Pyotr (My Good Hans, 2015), Parquet (2020)
Grand Prix for The Best Film, grant of 20 000 euros from the city of Tallinn, Award for Best Director, grant of 5000€ from Alexela
