Sokurov filmed a funeral mass. The result? Transcendence in 70 minutes.
Sokurov directed and filmed Mozart’s Requiem for the Rossica Choir in the wonderful hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.
Direction
Sokurov's floating camera becomes another mourner at Mozart's wake.
Sound
The Rossica Choir's unedited performance—no tricks, just human voices facing death.
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sokurov shot this in one continuous observation, rejecting documentary conventions for pure cinematic prayer.
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic hall carries Soviet-era ghosts; Sokurov makes Mozart's Catholic mass feel strangely, specifically Russian.
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