The Puppet Syndrome (2015)
Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?
Director:
Elena Hazanova
Writer:
Alyona Alova
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Evgeny Mironov as Pyotr |
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Chulpan Khamatova as Liza |
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Merab Ninidze as Boris |
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Yuliya Marchenko as Katya |
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Vladimir Seleznyov as Romka |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Petya in his youth |
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Alexey Lyubimov as Boris in his youth |
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Alina Gvasaliya as Liza in her youth |
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Era Ziganshina as Vera Leopoldovna, Borya's grandmother |
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Alexey Vedernikov as Eva's boyfriend |
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Filipp Ershov as Petya's friend in his youth |
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Kirill Frolov as Petya's friend in his youth |
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Artyom Fadeev as Petya in his youth |
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Natalya Iokhvidova as mathematic teacher |
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Zura Kipshidze as Teddi |
| Directing | Elena Hazanova | Director |
| Writing | Dina Rubina | Novel |
| Editing | Sergey Ivanov | Editor |
| Production | Undine Filter | Producer |
| Production | Anna Katchko | Executive Producer |
| Art | Dmitry Tatarnikov | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Aleksandr Smirnov | Editor |
| Sound | Kai Tebbel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Elena Brenkova | Producer |
| Camera | Aziz Zhambakiev | Director of Photography |
| Production | Asya Temnikova | Producer |
| Writing | Alyona Alova | Screenplay |
| Production | Thomas Král | Producer |
| Production | Dmitry Aronin | Producer |
| Production | Alexandr Novin | Producer |
| Editing | Daniel Gibel | Editor |
| Production | Pierre-André Thiébaud | Producer |
| Art | Natalya Navoenko | Production Design |
| Production | Evgeny Mironov | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Nikolaeva | Costume Design |
| Sound | Nicolas Rabaeus | Original Music Composer |