Question: Are Aleksei Balabanov and Fernando Vera from the same country?
Sentence (from "Aleksei Balabanov"): Due to his personal and political controversy, grotesque style, dark humour, shocking naturalism, genre deconstruction, and balancing between art cinema and mainstream he was often compared to Lars von Trier, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Coen brothers, and Takeshi Kitano.
Relevant evidence: No