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Ben Whishaw brilliant as Russia’s outlaw bohemian

The Guardian
  • Festival 40
  • Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
  • Italy, France, Spain 2024
  • 137 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

An activist, revolutionary, dandy, thug, butler, and homeless man—Eduard Limonov was a fiery and belligerent poet, a political agitator, and the novelist of his own greatness. His life, like a trail of sulfur, spans the bustling streets of Moscow, the skyscrapers of New York, the alleys of Paris, and the prisons of Siberia during the second half of the 20th century.

The new film by Russian master Kirill Serebrennikov (Tchaikovsky's Wife, 2022 Haifa IFF) comes to Haifa from the Official Competition at the Cannes Festival. Serebrennikov adapts the novel by Emmanuel Carrère and centers the film around a tour de force performance by Ben Whishaw.

Filmography: The Student (2016), Betrayal (2012), Yuri’s Day (2008), Playing the Victim (2006), Bed Stories (2004).

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  • Director Kirill Serebrennikov
  • Production Ardavan Safaee, Ilya Stewart, Dimitri Rassam, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • Script Pawel Pawlikowski, Ben Hopkins, Kirill Serebrennikov, based on the novel by Emmanuel Carrère
  • Cinematography Roman Vasyanov
  • Editing Yurii Karikh
  • Music Massimo Pupillo
  • Festivals Cannes
  • Actors Ben Whishaw, Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Tomas Arana, Corrado Invernizzi
  • Source Playhouse