The Puppet Syndrome

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

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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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Creators

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Elena Hazanova

director

Dina Rubina

writer

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Alyona Alova

writer

Cast

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Evgeny Mironov actor Чулпан Хаматова actor Merab Ninidze actor

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Yuliya Marchenko actor

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Vladimir Seleznyov actor Александр Кузнецов actor

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Alexey Lyubimov actor

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Alina Gvasaliya actor Эра Зиганшина actor

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Alexey Vedernikov actor Филипп Ершов actor

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Kirill Frolov actor

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Artyom Fadeev actor

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Natalya Iokhvidova actor

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Zura Kipshidze actor