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Synopsis
Based on the novel “The Petrovs In and Around the Flu” by Alexey Salnikov, PETROV’S FLU is a deadpan, hallucinatory romp through post-Soviet Russia. With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov family struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a booze-fueled, icy fever dream of violence and tenderness, and where – beneath layers of the ordinary – things turn out to be quite extraordinary.
- Screenplay:
- Kirill Serebrennikov
- Cinematography:
- Vladislav Opelyants
- Sound:
- Marc Bech, Boris Voyt, Vasiliy Fedorov
- Edit:
- Yuri Karikh
- Music:
- Alberto R. Lucendo, Daniil Orlov
- Cast:
- Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, Yulia Peresild, Kolokolnikov Yuri, Dorn Ivan
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Director's statement
When I made "Petrov's Flu", I wanted to plunge into the feverish consciousness of post-Soviet Russia—where reality, memory, and hallucination constantly blur. Through Petrov’s delirious wanderings across a wintry city, I explored how illness becomes both literal and metaphorical, reflecting social malaise and historical trauma. The narrative drifts between past and present, childhood and adulthood, because time itself feels unstable. The film ultimately suggests that beneath everyday absurdity lies unresolved pain, inherited through generations. By embracing chaos, dark humor, and fantasy, I sought to portray a society caught in a recurring fever dream, struggling to awaken yet unable to fully heal.