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Back to Kotelnich

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Back to Kotelnich
Directed byEmmanuel Carrère
Written byEmmanuel Carrère
Produced byAnne-Dominique Toussaint [fr]
CinematographyPhilippe Lagnier
Edited byCamille Cote
Music byNicolas Zourabichvili
Production
company
    • Les Films des Tournelles
    • Roissy Films
Release dates
  • 2003 (2003) (Venice)
  • 25 February 2004 (2004-02-25)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Back to Kotelnich (French: Retour à Kotelnitch) is a 2003 French documentary film directed by Emmanuel Carrère. It is based on three visits Carrère made to the Russian town Kotelnich during a period of two years, from which he tells stories about the 20th century and his own family.[1] Carrère was already an established writer and Back to Kotelnich was his debut as a film director.[2]

The film premiered at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival[1] and was released in France on 25 February 2004.[3] Variety called it "a dreadfully self-indulgent, meandering 'personal essay'" and wrote that "only artscasters who breathe the most rarefied air will want to touch this docu with a 10-foot pole".[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 Gris, Fabien (2014). "Emmanuel au carré Un roman russe ou l'écriture des retours". Roman 20-50 (in French). 57 (1): 35–46. doi:10.3917/r2050.057.0035.
  2. 1 2 Harvey, Dennis (30 April 2004). "Back To Kotelnich". Variety. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. "Back to Kotelnich". Unifrance. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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