Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case
It didn’t take long for someone to benefit from charging Andrei Lugovoi for Litvinenko’s murder. The documentary Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case is slated to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this Saturday. According to the film’s director, Andrei Nekrasov, who is also a friend of Litvinenko, the documentary will “give audiences an insight into the minds of those who killed him.” “It’s for the police and prosecutors where the trail of polonium leads,” he told the Associated Press. “What is important is to understand the motives and the context.”
Nekrasov says that arrangements to have the film premiere at Cannes were decided three weeks ago. For some reasons the festival’s organizers kept the news from the public. I can’t say the reason was political pressure,” Mr. Nekrasov said. “They do this sort of surprise screening sometimes.” Variety states that “the ..read more
