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Putin's Olympic Dream - On Thursday 13th February at the Lexi Cinema in London's Kensal Rise, DocHouse presents the masterfully captured documentary on Sochi 2014

posted 30 Jan 2014, 10:22 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 30 Jan 2014, 10:33 ]
30 January 2014


On Thursday 13th February at the Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise, DocHouse is excited to present the masterfully captured documentary on Sochi 2014, PUTIN’S OLYMPIC DREAM.

Thursday 13th February | 8:50pm | Lexi Cinema | £7 (£5 Concessions)

Dir. Hans Pool
The Netherlands - 2013 - 80mins

What does it really take to pull off the most expensive Winter Olympics in history? Putin's Olympic Dream follows the epic project of preparing for Sochi 2014 as it unfolds, capturing those involved at all levels, from entrepreneurs and oligarchs to immigrants, athletes and activists.

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In preparation for the Olympics, Sochi has undergone some of the most dramatic and expensive changes of any hosting city. Formerly a nostalgic Soviet holiday resort, filled with beautiful sanatoriums, the 'Cannes of the Soviet Union' has been fast tracked to becoming a very modern Russian city.

Of course, for Vladimir Putin the games are much more than a sporting event, they are Russia's bid to return to the world stage, and a status project of colossal proportions. With no time to lose, financial, economic, political and ecological limits are breached to make it happen, and filmmaker Hans Pool masterfully captures it all as resources and people are stretched to breaking point.

Please note: There won't be adverts or trailers before this screening and the film will start promptly at 8.50pm.

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FACEBOOK: Don’t miss DocHouse’s screening of PUTIN’S OLYMPIC DREAM at The Lexi Cinema on Feb 13th 2014:

What does it really take to pull off the most expensive Winter Olympics in history? Putin's Olympic Dream follows the epic project of preparing for Sochi 2014 as it unfolds, capturing those involved at all levels, from entrepreneurs and oligarchs to immigrants, athletes and activists.

Find out more: http://bit.ly/PutinDoc

TWITTER: Don't miss @IntheDocHouse screening of upcoming Sochi Olympics doc PUTIN’S OLYMPIC DREAM @TheLexiCinema - 13th Feb -http://bit.ly/PutinDoc
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