Act & Punishment: The Pussy Riot Trials
Russian activists Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich decide to separate from the well-known activist group Voina and create their own group named Pussy Riot that would express their ideas of female independence, combining activism, feminism, and punk rock music. Their defeat in court becomes their moral victory, as Pussy Riot are cheered on by thousands of their new-found fans.
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Also in
Pussy Riot: The Movement
Pussy Riot and other sins
Yekaterina Samutsevich
Also in
Pussy Versus Putin
Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest
Evgeny Mitta
Also in
The Blackamoor of Peter the Great
The Black Monk
Evgeny Mitta
Mariya Alyokhina
Also in
Pussy Riot: The Movement
Pussy Riot and other sins
Alexander Cheparukhin
Self - Musical Producer
Petr Verzilov
Also in
Pussy Riot: The Movement
VMayakovsky
Ekaterina Dyogot'
Self - Art Critic
Taisia Krugovykh
Boris Groys
Self - Philosopher, Art Curator
Oleg Kulik
Self - Artist
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Eurotrash
Dmitry Kuminov
Self - Activist
Evgeny Mitta Director
First release October 20, 2015 · Produced in Russia · Original title Выступление и наказание
Production
Cleopatra Entertainment
Production · Distribution
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Выступление и наказание
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Latvia · October 20, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 15, 2016 · Mostra Internacional de Cinema
Germany
March 30, 2017 · Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International
Poland
October 7, 2016 · Warsaw Film Festival
Russia
December 9, 2015 · ArtDocFest
South Korea
June 2, 2017 · Seoul International Women's Film Festival
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