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The Frenchman

"USSR during the thaw and underground jazz through the eyes of a student from Paris"

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.

Top Cast

  • Anton Rival

    Anton Rival

    Pierre

  • Evguenya Obraztsova

    Evguenya Obraztsova

    Kira

  • Evgeniy Tkachuk

    Evgeniy Tkachuk

    Uspenskiy

  • Aleksandr Baluev

    Aleksandr Baluev

    Tatishchev

  • Nina Drobysheva

    Nina Drobysheva

    Olga Kirillovna

  • Natalya Tenyakova

    Natalya Tenyakova

    Mariya Kirillovna

  • Roman Madyanov

    Roman Madyanov

    Chukhnovskiy

  • Mikhail Efremov

    Mikhail Efremov

    Uspenskiy's father

  • Lucie Aron

    Lucie Aron

    Nicole

Overview

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.

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6.1 / 10
12 Reviews
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