| DAU. Natasha | |
| Director: | Ilya Khrzhanovsky Jekaterina Oertel |
| Starring: | Natalia Berezhnaya |
| Production Companies: | Phenomen Ukraine Phenomen Films Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions |
| Runtime: | 146 minutes |
| Country: | Russia Germany Ukraine United Kingdom |
| Language: | Russian |
DAU. Natasha is a 2020 Russian-language internationally co-produced drama film directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Jekaterina Oertel. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] [2] At Berlin, the film won the Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution.[3]
The film took 15 years to produce and utilized hundreds of actors. The Guardian likened the film to a real world implementation of Synecdoche, New York.[4] The filmmakers were accused of filming the unsimulated sex scene between Natalia Berezhnaya and Luc Bigé without the knowledge of the actors, but Berezhnaya denied that.[5]
DAU. Natasha has an approval rating of 85% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 8.8/10.[6]