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Cathedrals

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2025 · 87 min Documentary
10.0 / 10 · TMDB

Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia's wealthiest individuals, opens the doors to his offices and country residences. The camera follows him to meetings with ministers and private conversations with architects, documenting the creation of cultural centers across the nation. Documentarian Vitaly Mansky films in 2025 a chronicle of philanthropy in the sanctions era, where charity becomes both a mission and a strategy. The film explores the boundaries between a genuine desire to leave a legacy and the necessity of crafting a public image in isolation. The viewer witnesses the construction of not just buildings, but modern 'cathedrals' — symbols of influence and memory in a changing world.

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Year 2025
Genre Documentary
Director Daniel Algrant
Runtime 87 min.
Rating TMDB: 10.0/10 (1 votes)

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Mansky employs a direct cinema approach, maintaining a neutral distance between the lens and his subject. His camera captures not only words, but pauses, glances, and unspoken tensions within interiors that become characters themselves.

What lingers is the complex aftertaste of private ambition colliding with public gesture in an age of historical fault lines. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Daniel Algrant

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In a quiet study after hours, contemplating the nexus of wealth, power, and culture.

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