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Does "Matilda" offend the religious feelings of believers?
The authors of the expert opinion on the text of the script for the film by Alexei Uchitel "Matilda" came to the conclusion that the author of the script wanted to publicly offend the religious feelings of believers.
In mid-April 2017, an expert conclusion on the text of the script for the film by Alexei Uchitel "Matilda" and two commercials for the same film.
The document is dated March 29, 2017. Its authors are Victor Slobodchikov, Doctor of Psychology, researcher at the Institute for the Study childhood, family and upbringing of the Russian Academy of Education, Igor Ponkin, Doctor in Law, Member of the Expert Council for the State religious expertise at the main department of the Ministry of Justice in Moscow, Vsevolod Troitsky, Doctor of Philology, Chief Researcher of the Institute world literature. Gorky, and Alexander Evdokimov, Professor of the Department of Theology Moscow State Linguistic University.
The experts were asked the following questions:
- “Does the film contain semantic elements and features that related to religion?
- “What images of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his wife are formed and broadcast movie?"
- “Does the film have semantic elements and features sexual-semantic content?
- “Can the film “Matilda”, in terms of its elements and features, relating to religion be reasonably recognized as a work, realizing the reception of satire"?
A separate passage of the examination was devoted to the issue of protecting “ religious veneration carried out believers in relation to objects that are especially religiously valuable to them [meaning canonized family members Emperor Nicholas II - approx. ed.]" articles 148 and 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
" It should be noted - stated in the text, based on legislation of the Russian Federation that the objects of unlawful encroachments when committing actions aimed at insulting the religious feelings of believers and at humiliating human dignity in connection with their confession of religion (according to religious sign), not only material objects of religious appointment, but also persons in relation to whom believers express religious veneration and authority of which is inseparably linked with the authority of the religious organizations as a whole (for example, living individual clergy or religiously revered formerly living persons) .
The authors of the examination concluded that “ created in the film the image of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II [and his wife - approx. ed.] cannot but offend religious feelings and not humiliate human dignity to a significant extent Orthodox Christians - believers of the Russian Orthodox Church .
" Obvious is rude a distorted portrayal of actual historical facts is combined with the use by the creators of the film "Matilda" of techniques that offend religious feelings of believers of the Russian Orthodox Church who venerate the canonized Church of Emperor Nicholas II and his spouse ,” the text says.
« Public demonstration film is completely unacceptable ,” experts say, because “ its general direction and the content of many his scenes are characterized by a negative impact on a significant part viewers, manifested in a clear public insult to religious feelings believers, moreover, such a negative impact of the film was realized by its by the creators or deliberately allowed by them .
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