A Frenchman

A Frenchman

128 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 31, 2019

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.

A Frenchman

128 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 31, 2019

A Frenchman
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Marmot-film
Original title Француз
Directors Andrey Smirnov
Writers Andrey Smirnov

Cast

Anton Rival

as Pierre

Evgeniy Tkachuk

as Uspenskiy

Aleksandr Baluev

as Tatishchev

Nina Drobysheva

as Olga Kirillovna

Natalya Tenyakova

as Mariya Kirillovna

Roman Madyanov

as Chukhnovskiy

Mikhail Efremov

as Uspenskiy's father

Lucie Aron

as Nicole

Jérémie Duvall

as Jean-Marie

Aleksandr Anisimov

as Ustyugov

Vera Lashkova

as Anna Fyodorovna

Valentina Mazunina

as woman, meeting Pierre at the airport

Alena Oskina

as Chukhnovskiy's wife

Mariya Berdinskikh

as Chukhnovskiy's daughter

Marina Kondratyeva

as ballet teacher-tutor

Yelena Ryabinkina

as choreographer

Vladimir Zaytsev

as Vasiliy

Yelena Voronchikhina

as commandant of the dorm

Oleg Novikov

as Krivoruchko

Ekaterina Ageeva

as Tamara

Darya Konyzheva

as girl at a house party

Varvara Shmykova

as girl at a house party

Sergey Umanov

as KGB's curator

Alexander Zamuraev

as alcoholic in ushanka

Artyom Gaydukov

as district militia officer

Sergey Afanasyev

as Volodya

Liliya Bagirova

as Volodya's wife

Anastasiya Pitel

as Oskar's girlfriend

Semyon Shteinberg

as Zabolotskiy

Igor Voynarovskiy

as Samoshkin

Anastasiya Shcheglova

as Samoshkin's wife

Anna Neverova

as Marusya

Aleksei Smirnov

as Viktor

Ilya Miroshnikov

as George

Marina Barsukova

as Zhanna

Vladimir Lukyanchikov

as security guard

Alla Malkova

as woman at the bread factory

Yuliya Abramova

as Obrezkovs neighbour