THE FRENCHMAN (2019)

The Frenchman
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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

Nina Drobysheva

Olga Kirillovna

Natalya Tenyakova

Mariya Kirillovna

Roman Madyanov

Chukhnovskiy

Mikhail Efremov

Uspenskiy's father

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

Yelena Voronchikhina

commandant of the dorm

Oleg Novikov

Krivoruchko

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

Screenplay

Yuriy Shaygardanov

Director of Photography

Elena Gorbunova

Executive Producer