The Frenchman (2019)
In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional one, but the underground one as well. During his year in Russia’s capital Pierre lives an entirely different life than what he’s used to. But the internship and the experience of the Soviet people’s way of life are not the only things Pierre is after. He’s searching for his father, White officer Tatishchev, who was arrested in the 1930s.
Director:
Andrey Smirnov
Writer:
Andrey Smirnov
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Anton Rival as Pierre |
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Evguenya Obraztsova as Kira |
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Evgeniy Tkachuk as Uspenskiy |
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Aleksandr Baluev as Tatishchev |
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Nina Drobysheva as Olga Kirillovna |
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Natalya Tenyakova as Mariya Kirillovna |
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Roman Madyanov as Chukhnovskiy |
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Mikhail Efremov as Uspenskiy's father |
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Lucie Aron as Nicole |
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Jérémie Duvall as Jean-Marie |
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Vera Lashkova as Anna Fyodorovna |
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Valentina Mazunina as woman, meeting Pierre at the airport |
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Alena Oskina as Chukhnovskiy's wife |
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Mariya Berdinskikh as Chukhnovskiy's daughter |
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Yelena Ryabinkina as choreographer |
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Vladimir Zaytsev as Vasiliy |
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Yelena Voronchikhina as commandant of the dorm |
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Oleg Novikov as Krivoruchko |
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Ekaterina Ageeva as Tamara |
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Darya Konyzheva as girl at a house party |
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Varvara Shmykova as girl at a house party |
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Sergey Umanov as KGB's curator |
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Alexander Zamuraev as alcoholic in ushanka |
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Artyom Gaydukov as district militia officer |
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Evgeny Kharitonov as Oskar |
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Sergey Afanasyev as Volodya |
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Liliya Bagirova as Volodya's wife |
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Anastasiya Pitel as Oskar's girlfriend |
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Semen Shteinberg as Zabolotskiy |
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Igor Voynarovskiy as Samoshkin |
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Anastasiya Shcheglova as Samoshkin's wife |
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Yuliya Grishayeva as Alina |
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Anna Viller as Marusya |
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Aleksei Smirnov as Viktor |
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Ilya Miroshnikov as George |
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Marina Barsukova as Zhanna |
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Kseniya Pokrovskaya as Sveta |
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Vladimir Lukyanchikov as security guard |
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Alla Malkova as woman at the bread factory |
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Yuliya Abramova as Obrezkovs neighbour |
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Aleksandr Anisimov as Ustyugov |
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Marina Kondratyeva as ballet teacher-tutor |
| Art | Vladimir Gudilin | Production Design |
| Production | Andrey Smirnov | Producer |
| Production | Elena Prudnikova | Producer |
| Directing | Andrey Smirnov | Director |
| Camera | Yuriy Shaygardanov | Director of Photography |
| Production | Valery Todorovsky | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Gaintseva | Costume Design |
| Editing | Alla Strelnikova | Editor |
| Art | Pavel Chepikov | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Ekaterina Kharnas | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Sergey Lukashevich | Set Decoration |
| Art | Yuliya Makushina | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Dmitrienko | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Daryana Gizatulina | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Sergei Snyatovskiy | Camera Operator |
| Production | Elena Gorbunova | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Oleg Tatarinov | Sound |
| Writing | Andrey Smirnov | Screenplay |