2022 · documentary
Navalny
Directed by Daniel Roher1h 38m2022
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
Our read: Navalny (2022) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- epic-stakes
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“You want a riveting political thriller where real courage meets state-level menace.”
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