The Puppet Syndrome (2015)
Overview
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?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $2,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 2.079 |
Directed By
Elena Hazanova
Crew
Elena Hazanova
Dina Rubina
Sergey Ivanov
Evgeny Mironov
Dmitry Aronin
Alexandr Novin
Asya Temnikova
Elena Brenkova
Undine Filter
Anna Katchko
Thomas Král
Pierre-André Thiébaud
Alyona Alova
Aziz Zhambakiev
Nicolas Rabaeus
Natalya Navoenko
Galina Nikolaeva
Dmitry Tatarnikov
Daniel Gibel
Aleksandr Smirnov
Kai Tebbel
TOP CAST
Evgeny Mironov
Pyotr
Chulpan Khamatova
Liza
Merab Ninidze
Boris
Yuliya Marchenko
Katya
Vladimir Seleznyov
Romka
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Petya in his youth
Alexey Lyubimov
Boris in his youth
Alina Gvasaliya
Liza in her youth
Era Ziganshina
Vera Leopoldovna, Borya's grandmother
Alexey Vedernikov
Eva's boyfriend
Filipp Ershov
Petya's friend in his youth
Kirill Frolov
Petya's friend in his youth
Artyom Fadeev
Petya in his youth
Natalya Iokhvidova
mathematic teacher
Zura Kipshidze
Teddi
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