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The Desert of Forbidden Art

03/18/2011

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1hr 20min

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History

,Documentary

STORY

How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. Savitsky amasses an eclectic mix of Russian Avant-Garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ed Asner
  • Sally Field
  • Ben Kingsley

    Director

  • Tchavdar Georgiev

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Canada
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Russian

Cast

Ed Asner

Voice

Sally Field

Voice

Ben Kingsley

Voice

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