The Puppet Syndrome
The story of an all-consuming passion between a creator and his creation.
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?
Directed by Elena Hazanova · Written by Alyona Alova
Cast
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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
Make it a double feature
3h 21m together
The Puppet Syndrome
One Breath
Both from Elena Hazanova.
