School of Seduction (2019) [N/A]
Featuring:
Lida, Vika, Diana
Written by:
Alina Rudnitskaya
Directed by:
Alina Rudnitskaya
Release Date:
March 23, 2019
Original Title:
Школа соблазнения
Alternate Titles:
Hustruskolan
Pavedināšanas skola
School of Seduction - Three Stories From Russia
Scoreskolen - Tre kærlighedshistorier fra Rusland
Shkola soblazneniya
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Danish Documentary
UpNorth Film
Production Countries:
Austria | Denmark | Norway | Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
3 stories from Russia
Three Russian women in their 30s who all seek the same: security, a higher social status and eternal happiness. Not an easy wish to fulfill in today's Russia, where the patriarchy dominates. So our heroines take matters into their own hands and join a course in the art of seducing a man - preferably a rich one. Seven years of recordings paint a sometimes tragicomic picture of gender roles and femininity in Putin's Russia.
In 'School of Seduction' we follow the three Russian women Diana, Lida and Vica, who are on the same mission - they search for security, a higher social status and plain and simple happiness. This isn't an easy task in post-communistic Russia, where an extremely patriarchal culture is ruling, the general perception of being happy equals a life with a successful man and where women outnumber the male population in outright numbers. Our three heroines take matters into hand and start at a course called "The School of Seduction", where they learn how to live, think and behave in order to be loved. But is this really what they want and dream about? Director Alina Rudnitskaya, who herself is a Russian woman, have followed her protagonists for seven years, and has remarkable footage of their development, struggling in a country, which always put the man before the woman. In a time where political and cultural reactionary movements are fast-growing all over the world, this is a very relevant and more important story than ever to tell.
