THE FRENCHMAN (2019)

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The Frenchman
USSR during the thaw and underground jazz through the eyes of a student from Paris
History, Drama
October 31, 2019
Russian
2h 8m
Russia
Marmot Film
In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional one, but the underground one as well. During his year in Russia’s capital Pierre lives an entirely different life than what he’s used to. But the internship and the experience of the Soviet people’s way of life are not the only things Pierre is after. He’s searching for his father, White officer Tatishchev, who was arrested in the 1930s.
Cast & Characters
Anton Rival
Pierre
Evgeniy Tkachuk
Uspenskiy
Aleksandr Baluev
Tatishchev
Nina Drobysheva
Olga Kirillovna
Natalya Tenyakova
Mariya Kirillovna
Roman Madyanov
Chukhnovskiy
Mikhail Efremov
Uspenskiy's father
Lucie Aron
Nicole
Jérémie Duvall
Jean-Marie
Vera Lashkova
Anna Fyodorovna
Valentina Mazunina
woman, meeting Pierre at the airport
Alena Oskina
Chukhnovskiy's wife
Mariya Berdinskikh
Chukhnovskiy's daughter
Marina Kondratyeva
ballet teacher-tutor
Yelena Ryabinkina
choreographer
Vladimir Zaytsev
Vasiliy
Yelena Voronchikhina
commandant of the dorm
Oleg Novikov
Krivoruchko
Ekaterina Ageeva
Tamara
Darya Konyzheva
girl at a house party
Varvara Shmykova
girl at a house party
Sergey Umanov
KGB's curator
Alexander Zamuraev
alcoholic in ushanka
Artyom Gaydukov
district militia officer
Crew
Andrey Smirnov
Director
Andrey Smirnov
Screenplay
Yuriy Shaygardanov
Director of Photography
Elena Prudnikova
Producer
Valery Todorovsky
Producer
Andrey Smirnov
Producer
Elena Gorbunova
Executive Producer