Opening Night Disappointment

Mikhalov’s Barber doesn’t cut it


by empire |
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The Cannes Film Festival's opening film was greeted with unanimous indifference on Wednesday night. Audiences were left decidedly under-whelmed by Nikita Mikhalov's sweeping epic The Barber of Siberia, starring Julia Ormond. The film was described as "overblown, overlong and decidedly under-whelming" on every level by Variety. Mikhalov himself had grabbed headlines earlier in the day when he criticised Nato

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