InSkazkaAlexanderSokurovweavesdigitalmagictocreateaphantasmagoricalvisionoftheAfterlifeworthyofDante.Butwait:areweinthelimboofPurgatoryoraparadoxicalParadisereservedfornotoriousmenofworldhistory?MussoliniStalinHitlerChurchillandmore:allarepresentandaccountedfor.Sincetheyexistonlyasarchivalmediaimageseachfigurecomesinaserialset.IntheblackestofpoliticalcomediesthesefallenmenbeginturntobeletthroughHeaven’sGate–buttheangelswhopeekthroughneveropenwide.Littlewonderastheformerleaderswanderlistlesslybitching(inaBabelofmultiplelanguages)abouteachother’sclotheshairandhygiene.InwhatiseffectivelyaworkofanimationSokurovhaspulledtogethermanytalentsintoanextraordinarytechnologicalfeat.Itblendspictorialelementsfromarthistorytoformanendlesslyunfoldinglandscaperepletewithfogandghostlyarmiesofthesacrificedvictimsofhistory.AnnouncedasSokurov’slastfilmSkazkaisaninspiredriffonthehighcultureofPeterGreenawaymixedwiththelowcultureofmash-upartistsSoda_Jerk.CanwenowexpectsomeentrepreneurtobringustheinteractiveSkazkavideogame?源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/skazka