Tchaikovsky's Wife
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Directed by | Kirill Serebrennikov |
Written by | Kirill Serebrennikov |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Countries | Russia France Switzerland |
Language | Russian |
Tchaikovsky's Wife (
Premise
Set in the Russian Empire during the second half of the 19th century, the film is about the wife of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. She cannot accept her husband's homosexuality and as a result, gradually loses her mind.[5]
Cast
- Alyona Mikhaylova as Antonina Miliukova, Tchaikovsky's wife
- Odin Biron as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Yuliya Aug as a crazy old woman
- Miron Fyodorov as Nikolai Rubinstein
- Alexander Gorchilin as Anatoliy Brandukov
- Filipp Avdeyev as a doctor
- Varvara Shmykova
- Vladimir Mishukov as Shlykov
- Andrey Burkovsky as Vladimir Meshchersky
- Maksim Emelyanov
- Ekaterina Ermishina
- Peter Jurgenson
Release
The film was presented at the
Reception
Film critic Zinaida Pronchenko negatively assessed the film: "One continuous ridiculous metaphor of the Russian world".[11] On a contrary, Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian praised the film as far superior to Serebrennikov's previous Petrov's Flu, and described Alyona Mikhailova's performance as tremendous.[12]
Tchaikovsky's Wife has an approval rating of 85% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 33 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus states: "If at times opaquely and certainly prolongedly, Tchaikovski's Wife elegantly captures a heartbroken woman's obsession with her prominent spouse who struggled with his own censured sexuality".[13] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]
See also
References
- ^ «Бюллетень кинопрокатчика»: Каннский фестиваль рассмотрит для участия фильмы трех российских режиссеров
- ^ «Жену Чайковского» Серебренникова и «Сказку» Сокурова могут показать в Каннах
- ^ Фильм Серебренникова «Жена Чайковского» вошёл в основной конкурс Каннского кинофестиваля
- ^ "Russian Directors Confront Fleeing Putin's War and Defy Calls for Russia Film Boycott". Variety.
- ^ Жена Чайковского (2022)
- ^ Valerie Hopkins (May 18, 2022). "With Tchaikovsky's Wife, Kirill Serebrennikov tackles a Russian taboo". The New York Times.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (May 21, 2022). "European Film Academy President Agnieszka Holland Slams Cannes for Welcoming a Russian Movie". Variety.
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (2022-05-19). "Russian Cannes contender defends Roman Abramovich as a 'patron of the arts'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ Rosenstein, Tatiana (2022-05-21). "Russian Director Kirill Serebrennikov Condemns War at Cannes Festival". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Bolshoi ballet about Nureyev dropped due to ban on 'LGBT propaganda'". The Guardian. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ Zinaida, Pronchenko (June 30, 2022). "Цвет несвободы: о чём фильм "Жена Чайковского" Кирилла Серебренникова". Афиша Daily.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2022-05-18). "Tchaikovsky's Wife review – love turns to obsession in an off-key marriage". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ Tchaikovsky's Wife — Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Tchaikovsky's Wife — Metacritic
External links
- Tchaikovsky's Wife at IMDb