A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera Russian , Voditel dlya Very is a UkrainianRussian coproduced psychological drama film from 2004, set in 1962 Sevastopol, Ukraine, directed and written by Russian Pavel Chukhrai. The film won numerous Russian awards including Best Film at the Sochi Film Festival. The films twocountry origin resulted in the film being rejected as Ukraines entry for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category for 2005, due to a rule which states, The submitting country must certify that creative talent of that country exercised artistic control of the film.

The film won at least seven awards and has earned a rating of 7.1 out offrom 979 users of the Internet Movie Database. From Rotten Tomatoes, the film has earned a liked it rating of 79 percent based on 155 user ratings. After acknowledging the films numerous Russian awards, movie critic Ronnie Scheib nevertheless panned the film in entertainment magazine Variety opining, for example, The pictures oddly disjointed wedding of operatic emotionalism and cool aesthetic distance may prove more offputting than enthralling.

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