The film "Petrushka's Syndrome": actors, roles, features of shooting, plot and interesting facts

A year ago, in 2015, on June 10, at the Kinotavr festival, where Russian filmmakers demonstrated their new pictures, the premiere of the film based on Dina Rubina's novel "Petrushka Syndrome" was held. The picture received an ambiguous assessment of the audience and film critics, but it is worth acknowledging that the work of Elena Khazanova has the right to exist.

This is a picture about the amazing love story shown by the actors Chulpan Khamatova and Yevgeny Mironov, about life, about relationships and about the magic puppet theater. How was the film "Petrushka Syndrome" shot? Actors and roles - the main and secondary - who are they? The article will answer these and a number of other questions.

The plot of the movie

The film is based on one of Dina Rubina 's best books - "Petrushka Syndrome".

This is not just an amorous drama. This is a story about love - passionate, crazy, reckless.

Petya adored the puppet theater all his life, and always put his puppets on the first place. As a child, he met the red-haired Lisa, when she was still a very small girl. Children grew up, and strong friendship grew into a stronger feeling. Young people got married. Lisa appeared along with Peter on the streets, playing in his performances a doll.

Once he created a new doll in the image and likeness of his wife, calling her Alice. And they moved farther away - Lisa and Petya - from each other, because Peter perceived the poor Lisa as a doll - beautiful, miniature, but more and more attention was paid to Alice, to which the girl did not always adequately react.

How to cope with the fragile Lisa with this problem? How to resist the opponent in the face of a theatrical doll? And what tests are waiting for two lovers? And will they find their happiness? You can find out about this by watching the movie "Parsley Syndrome".

The director of the picture is Elena Khazanova

The director of the movie "Petrushka Syndrome" was Elena Khazanova. Elena was born in Moscow on June 1, 1977 in the family of a mathematician. At the age of twelve I moved with my parents to Switzerland. As a child she was a modest girl, she studied well. However, she did not always aspire to the world of cinema, although she played in a theatrical circle. The work of the interpreter opened new perspectives: the girl earned money for a trip to America. In the same place, I tried myself in the role of a director, having shot several short films.

Hazanova is known to the foreign public, since she worked as the second director, then she began to publish her works, now she is the founder of the festival "KINO. Films from Russia and not only. "

"Playing words. The translator of the oligarch "is Elena's first film, presented at Kinotavr in 2006 (the film" Petrushka Syndrome "- 2015).

Her film "Marianne's Caprice" was awarded the title of "Best Film of the Year" in Switzerland, and the Swiss audience also took the TV show "The Secret Time" with a cheer. The film "Sam" has received many awards in Brazil and the United States of America.

In the role of Peter - Yevgeny Mironov

The actor of the film "Petrushka Syndrome" Yevgeny Mironov played the main male role - Petit (or Petrushki).

Eugene is from Saratov. He was born on November 29, 1966 in the family of a saleswoman and a chauffeur.

The future actor was a creative child: he attended a drama circle and dances. Parents did not interfere with the development of his creative abilities, so Zhenya graduated from a music school where he learned to play the accordion.

At the age of 16 he became a student of the Saratov Theater School, and after four years of study he went to the Moscow Art Theater School, where he studied at Oleg Tabakov's course. Since then, the fate of the actor was inextricably linked with his senior mentor, since after studying Mironov became a member of the theater company Tabakerka. His mother worked in the same theater as a ticket dealer, and he played in such performances as "Passion for Bumbarash", "Even Vang Gog", "Anecdotes", "Star Time in Local Time", "Ordinary Story", "Matrosskaya Tishina" , "Bioxy Blues", "Figaro", "Golovlyov's Gentlemen", "Cherry Orchard", "No. 13", "Boris Godunov" and many others. Bumbarash played about ten years, this role became his calling card.

The screens appeared in 1988. It was the actor's debut in Alexander Kaidanovsky's drama The Kerosene's Wife. And after four years, in 1992, Yevgeny Mironov received the title "Best Actor of the Year" for the film "Love." On the actor's account more than 80 roles in movies and serials, the most famous of which are "Anchor, Anchor!", "Burnt by the Sun", "Limit", "Diary of his Wife", "August of the 44th", "House of Fools" "," Idiot "," Escape "," Piranha Hunt "," Apostle "," Dostoevsky "and many others.

In 2005 he received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. In a year the State Theater of Nations in his person received an art director. At the moment, Yevgeny Mironov is actively engaged in public activities, organized the "Artist" fund, whose goal is to help actors who gave their youth to work in the cinema and theater.

Yevgeny Mironov and Chulpan Khamatova worked together not only in the film "Petrushka Syndrome". Actors in the series "Dostoevsky" play the main roles. Chulpan serves the Theater of Nations, where he plays in the productions "Freken Julie", "Shukshin's Stories", "The Taming of the Shrew." And their friendship lasts 8 years.

Chulpan Khamatova - the role of Lisa and the doll Alice

The role of Lisa and the created Petya Alice was played by the actress Chulpan Khamatova.

"Star of dawn" - this is the name of the actress in translation from the Tatar language. Born Chulpan October 1, 1975 in Kazan, a family of engineers. In her childhood she attended figure skating, she was going to study for an economist, but soon realized that this was not her way - the dream of becoming a theater and cinema star had prevailed, and the future actress entered Alexei Borodin's course at GITIS. But already during her studies she began to play on the stage. Her first works - "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Crime and Punishment" and many others.

In 1998 the Sovremennik Theater was replenished with a new star, which became Chulpan Khamatova. She made her debut in the play "Three Friends", where Patricia played. The next works of the actress were "Two on a swing", "Three Sisters", "Thunderstorm", "Mamapapasynsobaka", "Anthony and Cleopatra. Version, "" We play Schiller! "," Enemies. The Love Story "," The Naked Pioneer "," The Hidden Perspective ".

At the third year of the institute, she first appeared in a movie. It was the movie "The Time of the Dancer". For this role, the actress was not approved right away, which can not be said about Rita's role in the "Land of the Deaf", where she starred along with Dina Korzun: it was this role that made her a famous actress.

Then there were the roles in the films and serials: "The Fall of the Empire", "Christmas Mystery", "Doctor Zhivago", "Children of the Arbat", "72 meters", "Lunar Daddy", "Harpastum", "Paper Soldier", " "," Under electric clouds "," Ivan the Terrible "," Duck Hunting ".

She participated in the filming of such foreign projects: "Goodbye, Lenin!", "Foreign body", "England", "Tuvalu", "Victor Vogel - the king of advertising", "Son of a bitch".

He tries to keep silent about his personal life, but it is known that Khamatova is the mother of three daughters.

Together with Dina Korzun arranges charity events to help sick children.

She was the TV presenter of such TV programs: "Another Life", "Wait for Me", "Look".

Merab Ninidze - Boris

A friend of Petra and Lisa was played by the Georgian actor Merab Ninidze. He was born on November 3, 1965 in the city of Tbilisi.

Graduated from the Tbilisi Theater Institute. Sh. Rustaveli. At the age of fifteen, he was already playing on the big stage in Robert Sturua's production of Richard III, and in the movies he hit in four years and starred in the film Repentance. Since 1986, he has been playing in the Tbilisi Theater for 5 years, and in 1992 he left abroad.

The best works of the actor: "B / W", "Nowhere in Africa", "Under electric clouds", "Love with an accent".

And in 2015 he played with Tom Hanks in the movie "Spy Bridge".

In the films Paper Soldier, Lunar Dad, Under Electric Heaven, the actor starred with Chulpan Khamatova, a colleague on the set of the movie Petroushka's Syndrome. Actors are familiar for about sixteen years.

Zurab Kipshidze - Teddy

Georgian actor Zurab Kipshidze played Liza's father - Tadeusz Wilkowski. He, like Merab Ninidze, is from Tbilisi. There he graduated from the Theatrical Institute. Sh. Rustaveli. Most of all, he was famous for his episodic role in the film "The Time of the Dancer". The actor in this film played with Chulpan Khamatova.

Actors who played in the film secondary roles

For the movie "Petrushka Syndrome" the actors were chosen thoroughly. And because the film covers a long time span, it was necessary to pick up artists who played Petya, Lisa and Borya in childhood and adolescence.

Petya played at a young age - Alexander Kuznetsov, in childhood - Artem Fadeyev. Lisa in her youth played Alina Gvasalia, at the age of four - Olesya Galinskaya. Alexander Lyubimov and Gleb Protasov are actors who played Boris at a young and young age respectively.

Other actors of the movie "Petrushka Syndrome" are Vladimir Seleznev, Yulia Marchenko, Era Ziganshina and many others.

Interesting facts about the film

There are some facts that seem quite amusing to its connoisseurs.

1. The mother of director Elena Khazanova is friends with Dina Rubina, and Elena is a big fan of the writer and has always dreamed of making a film based on her novels. Once in Israel, Rubin offered to remove the "Petrushka Syndrome", giving as a gift to the director his manuscript, at that time still unreleased.
2. The producer of the film is Yevgeny Mironov. When Khazanova suggested that the actor produce his picture and play the main role in it, Mironov immediately agreed, because he loves this novel very much.
3. As you know, the doll Alice played Chulpan Khamatova. Initially, a real doll of silicone was made, but Mironov often had to wear it in her arms-it was hard. In addition, it turned out to be terrible.
4. In order to plausibly play the puppeteer, Yevgeny Mironov had to learn puppet mastery.
5. The painting uses a special doll collection made directly for the film.
6. Radu Polikartu became the director of all dances.
7. The film was filmed mainly in St. Petersburg and its suburbs (Vyborg, Lomonosov, Oranienbaum).
8. Mounting the film took place in Switzerland and Germany.
9. Work on the painting lasted four years.

"Petrushka Syndrome": reviews

The picture of Elena Khazanova received ambiguous assessments of viewers and film critics. Someone wrote enthusiastic reviews of the film "Petrushki's Syndrome": the actors played above all praise, it was noted that this is a good and high-quality film, I liked the idea, the musical accompaniment, the atmosphere, the unusual character of the film Khazanova, energy and emotionality were very popular.

And someone singled out the shortcomings of the film, such as the tightness and monotony of the action. And the fans of the book are completely unhappy with the fact that they made a screen version of their favorite book.

But, despite everything, the film was learned, talked about, discussed, and this is the greatest merit of the director, actors and the entire film crew of the film "Petrushka Syndrome".