Navalny

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Navalny

R

2022

1h 38m

Documentary

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Shot as the story unfolded, NAVALNY is a fly-on-the-wall documentary thriller about anti-authoritarian Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Recovering in Berlin after nearly being poisoned to death with the nerve agent Novichok, he makes shocking discoveries about his assassination attempt and bravely decides to return home--whatever the consequences.

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Critics Consensus

Navalny is a documentary that's as gripping as any thriller -- but the real-life fight against authoritarianism that it details is deadly serious.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

09/18/2024

4/5

Navalny makes clear that standing up to Vladimir Putin is both an enormous risk, and a necessity.

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Geordie Gray

The Australian

02/24/2024

This expertly shot film was a nailbiter the first time around, and has taken on a more mournful, elegiac quality...

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

03/03/2023

This is fantastic. Essential, urgent, and it couldn't be more relevant.

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Caroline Frost

Radio Times

11/13/2024

5/5

The result is a fascinating, true-life story of conspiracy and corruption that even John Le Carré might have dismissed as fantastical.

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Milana Vujkov

Lola On Film

04/18/2023

1/5

[A] missed opportunity for creating compelling testimony about an authentically dire situation.

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

04/05/2023

4/5

In many ways, Navalny serves as a model for what Amnesty International refers to as "prisoners of conscience" as well as an anti-corruption hero.

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Genny Nikolova

03/01/2023

Thank God, for the "Bulgarian nerd" , Hristo Grozev! Otherwise, we would have not known the truth! That is exceptional journalism.

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Alexander

02/27/2023

Its holding your attention for entire 2 hours unlike any other documentaries. It feels like a thriller though there is only facts from one persons life! Excellent work of operators, scriptwriters and director

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mamabago

04/13/2022

Disappointed that there was little advertising for this film. As a result, there were only a few people in the theatre, even though the film is extremely relevant and timely.

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RaphaelC

04/13/2022

Fantastic, intense, and inspirational movie. Also very well produced. I had followed these events when they happened in real time, but to have them all put together in a narrative like this movie was incredible

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Jane S

04/13/2022

Very disturbing but excellently done. An amazing human in debt documentary about life in Russia under Putin

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Becca

04/13/2022

Fantastic!!! Shocking! lays out the timeline of events with incredible footage.

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Synopsis

Shot as the story unfolded, NAVALNY is a fly-on-the-wall documentary thriller about anti-authoritarian Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Recovering in Berlin after nearly being poisoned to death with the nerve agent Novichok, he makes shocking discoveries about his assassination attempt and bravely decides to return home--whatever the consequences.

Director: Daniel Roher
Producer: Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae
Distributor: Fathom Events
Production Co: Fishbowl Films, Cottage M, RaeFilm Studios
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 38m