(ANSA) - CANNES, MAY 19 - "A tragedy, a disaster and a murder": this is how the Russian dissident director KirillSerebrennikov, who brought TCHAIKOVSKY'S WIFE to the Festival in competition, talks about the war in Ukraine.
"One thing that has been made possible - adds the director who has just been granted exile to the point of being able to accompany the film in Cannes - by years of massive propaganda in newspapers and TV".
And then he adds heartily: "What does Russian culture ever have to do with war? Our culture has always deepened the soul rather than violence".
(HANDLE).