The Puppet Syndrome
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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?
Status: Released
Released Date: 2015-11-05
Runtime: 101 mins
Director: Elena Hazanova
Spoken language: Pусский
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Puppet Syndrome
Production Companies: Studio Third Rome, Departures Film, PCT Cinéma & Télévision, Rome №3 Studio
Production Countries: Germany, Russia, Switzerland
Cast
Evgeny Mironov
Chulpan Khamatova
Merab Ninidze
Yuliya Marchenko
Vladimir Seleznyov
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Alexey Lyubimov
Alina Gvasaliya
Era Ziganshina
Alexey Vedernikov
Filipp Ershov
Kirill Frolov
Artyom Fadeev
Natalya Iokhvidova
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