"Was very unexpected": Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky commented on a prize at Venetian international film festival

Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky commented on receiving a special prize Venetian international film festival. According to the director, the award became for him surprise. Initially Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky at all did not plan to represent the tape "Dear Companions" at a festival. As a result judges insisted on including the movie in the main program. The picture seemed to the director too strange for the main nominations in view of what he asked to transfer it to a special short list. Critics positively responded about the work done by the director. "I am not sure that all understood a true idea of the movie, in which...