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Courtesy Julia Loktev If her epic, Oscar-shortlisted documentary “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air In Moscow” pulled off an astonishing feat, chronicling the last gasps of press freedom in Vladimir Putin’s Russia in real time, docmaker Julia Loktev somehow manages to raise the stakes in the film’s arresting sequel.
Premiering out of competition in the Venice Open strand of the Venice Film Festival, “My Undesirable Friends: Part 2 — Exile” offers a remarkable bookend to its predecessor. Following “Last Air’s” subjects in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Loktev offers an intimate portrait of journalists under threat as they flee their homeland and attempt to rebuild their shattered lives abroad.
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