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The Puppet Syndrome

The Puppet Syndrome

The story of an all-consuming passion between a creator and his creation.

Genres

Drama

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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?

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Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

05 November 2015

Country

Germany

Cast

Evgeny Mironov

Evgeny Mironov

Pyotr

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Liza

Merab Ninidze

Merab Ninidze

Boris

Yuliya Marchenko

Yuliya Marchenko

Katya

Vladimir Seleznyov

Vladimir Seleznyov

Romka

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Petya in his youth

Alexey Lyubimov

Alexey Lyubimov

Boris in his youth

Alina Gvasaliya

Alina Gvasaliya

Liza in her youth

Era Ziganshina

Era Ziganshina

Vera Leopoldovna, Borya's grandmother

Alexey Vedernikov

Alexey Vedernikov

Eva's boyfriend

Filipp Ershov

Filipp Ershov

Petya's friend in his youth

Kirill Frolov

Kirill Frolov

Petya's friend in his youth

Artyom Fadeev

Artyom Fadeev

Petya in his youth

Natalya Iokhvidova

Natalya Iokhvidova

mathematic teacher

Zura Kipshidze

Zura Kipshidze

Teddi

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