The Lonely Voice of Man

Alexander Sokurov's first feature, The Lonely Voice of Man, was inspired by two short stories by Andrei Platonov and recounts the faltering relationship between Nikita, a young veteran of the Civil War in the 1920s, and Lyuba, a young woman he leaves on their wedding night. Long banned by the Soviet regime and made in 1979 as a graduation film at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), where it was rejected, it was not released until 1987. (Locarno Festival)