The Kids Play Russian(LES ENFANTS JOUENT À LA RUSSIE)

In an attempt to define the birth of fiction and cinema in the wake of the Cold War, Godard employs fictional characters like Anna Karenina to analyse the reality and ask a basic question: Why does the West want to invade Russia. One of Godard’s rarely-seen films, made as an exercise and a variation in the midst of producing the expansive episodes of Historie(s) of Cinema, The Kids Play Russian is a requiem that uses its narrative as a mere pretext for the montage of footage from Russian cinema giants, ranging from Eisenstein to Tarkovsky, to mesmerising effects. Screening with JLG/ JLG - Self-Portrait in December.