Yelena KHAZANOVA / HAZANOVA
Елена ХАЗАНОВА
Elena KHAZANOVA / HAZANOVA
Russia / Germany / Switzerland, 2015, 101mn 
fiction
Puppet syndrome
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Синдром Петрушки

 

 Le Syndrome de Pétrouchka

 Sindrom Petrushki

 
Directed by : Yelena KHAZANOVA / HAZANOVA (Елена ХАЗАНОВА)
Writing credits : Alena ALOVA (Алена АЛОВА)
Based on a novel by Dina Rubina.
 
Cast
Yevgeni MIRONOV (Евгений МИРОНОВ)
Chulpan KHAMATOVA (Чулпан ХАМАТОВА)
Merab NINIDZE (Мераб НИНИДЗЕ)
 
Cinematography : Aziz ZHAMBAKIEV (Азиз ЖАМБАКИЕВ)
Production design : Natalia NAVOENKO (Наталья НАВОЕНКО)
Editing : Sergey_2 IVANOV (Сергей_2 ИВАНОВ)
Produced by : Dmitry ARONIN (Дмитрий АРОНИН), Yelena BRENKOVA (Елена БРЕНЬКОВА), Ilya GAVRILOV (Илья ГАВРИЛОВ), Anna KACHKO (Анна КАЧКО), Yevgeni MIRONOV (Евгений МИРОНОВ), Aleksandr NOVIN (Александр НОВИН), Asia TEMNIKOVA (Ася ТЕМНИКОВА)
Artistic director : Yevgeni MIRONOV (Евгений МИРОНОВ)
Other persons :
Music : Nicolas Rabaeus (Suisse); Editing (montage): Daniel Gibert
Production : Студия «ТРЕТИЙ РИМ» / Studio Third Rome / Studio "Troisième Rome"
Film revenue in Russia : 0.1684 million dollars
Spectators : 50 000
Release date in Russia : 05/11/2015
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Best music Mikael TARIVERDIEV , Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2015

Plot synopsis
Since his childhood Petya has been fascinated by the puppet theatre, but even more so by a living girl: Liza. Petya creates Liza, like Pygmalion made Galatea: he becomes her father, friend, and husband... Only if Pygmalion met the challenge of bringing a stone to life, Petya faces another problem: Liza is already very much alive. She never completely obeys him and never fully belongs to him... “Puppet Syndrome” is a story of the all-consuming love of a creator for his creation.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2021
- Days of Russian cinema, Aix les Bains (France), 2017
- Russian Film Festival, Orléans (France), 2017
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2017
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2016
- Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2016
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2015
- Tbilisi International Film Festival, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2015
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2015

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