The film "Parsley's Syndrome": actors, roles, shooting features, plot and interesting facts

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

A year ago, in 2015, on June 10, at the Kinotavr festival, where Russian directors show their new films, the premiere of a film based on Dina Rubina's novel "Petrushka's Syndrome" took place. The picture received a mixed assessment of viewers and film critics, but it is worth recognizing that the work of Elena Khazanova has the right to exist.

This is a picture about an amazing love story shown by actors Chulpan Khamatova and Yevgeny Mironov, about life, about relationships and about magical puppet theater. How was the film "Petrushka Syndrome" filmed? Actors and roles - main and secondary - who are they? The article will answer these and other questions.

Movie plot

The film is based on one of the best books by Dina Rubina - "Petrushka Syndrome".

This is not just a love drama. This is a love story - passionate, crazy, reckless.

Petya loved puppet theater all his life, and he always put his puppets in the first place. As a child, he metred-haired Lisa, when she was still a very little girl. The children grew up, and a strong friendship grew into a stronger feeling. Young people got married. Liza performed with Peter on the streets, playing a doll in his performances.

One day he created a new doll in the image and likeness of his wife, calling her Alice. And they - Lisa and Petya - moved further and further away from each other, because Peter perceived poor Lisa as a doll - beautiful, miniature, but paid more and more attention to Alice, to which the girl did not always adequately react.

How can fragile Lisa deal with this problem? How to resist a rival in the face of a theatrical puppet? And what tests await two lovers? And will they find their happiness? You can find out about this by watching the movie "Parsley Syndrome".

Director of the picture - Elena Khazanova

The director of the film "Petrushka Syndrome" was Elena Khazanova. Elena was born in Moscow on June 1, 1977 in the family of a mathematician. At the age of twelve she moved with her parents to Switzerland. As a child, she was a modest girl, studied well. However, she did not always aspire to the world of cinema, although she played in a theater group. Working as a translator opened up new prospects: the girl earned money for a trip to America. There she tried herself as a director, making several short films.

Khazanova is known to the foreign public, as she worked as a second director, then she began to publish her works, now she is the founder of the festival “KINO. Films from Russia and beyond.”

"Play on words. translatoroligarch" - Elena's first film, presented at the "Kinotavr" in 2006 (the film "Petrushka's Syndrome" - 2015).

Her film "Marianne's Caprice" received the title of "Best Film of the Year" in Switzerland, and the series "Secret Time" was also received by the Swiss public with a bang. Sam has received numerous awards in Brazil and the United States of America.

Evgeny Mironov as Peter

The actor of the film "Petrushka Syndrome" Yevgeny Mironov played the main male role - Petit (or Petrushka).

Evgeny is from Saratov. Born on November 29, 1966 in the family of a saleswoman and a driver.

The future actor was a creative child: he attended a drama club and dances. Parents did not interfere with the development of his creative abilities, so Zhenya graduated from a music school, where he learned to play the accordion.

At the age of 16 he became a student of the Saratov Theater School, and after four years of study he went to the Moscow Art Theater School, where he studied at the course of Oleg Tabakov. Since then, the fate of the actor has been inextricably linked with his senior mentor, since after studying Mironov became a member of the troupe of the Snuffbox Theater. His mother worked in the same theater as a usher, and he played in such performances as "Passion for Bumbarash", "More Wang Gogh", "Anecdotes", "Fine Hour Local Time", "Ordinary History", "Sailor's Silence", "Bioxi Blues", "Figaro", "Golovlevs", "The Cherry Orchard", "No. 13", "Boris Godunov" and many others. Bumbarasa played for about ten years, this role has become his calling card.

On screensappeared in 1988. It was the debut of the actor in the drama by Alexander Kaidanovsky "The Kerosene Man's Wife". And four years later, in 1992, Yevgeny Mironov received the title of "Best Actor of the Year" for the film "Love". The actor has more than 80 roles in films and TV series, the most famous of which are "Ankor, more Ankor!", "Burnt by the Sun", "Limita", "His Wife's Diary", "In August 44th", "House of Fools”, “Idiot”, “Escape”, “Piranha Hunting”, “Apostle”, “Dostoevsky” and many others.

In 2005 he received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. A year later, the State Theater of Nations in his person received an artistic director. At the moment, Yevgeny Mironov is actively engaged in social activities, he organized the Artist Foundation, the purpose of which is to help actors who gave their youth to work in cinema and theater.

Evgeny Mironov and Chulpan Khamatova worked together not only in the film "Petrushka Syndrome". Actors in the series "Dostoevsky" play the main roles. Chulpan serves in the Theater of Nations, where he plays in the performances "Miss Julie", "Shukshin's Stories", "The Taming of the Shrew". And their friendship has lasted for 8 years.

Chulpan Khamatova - the role of Lisa and the doll Alice

The role of Lisa and created by Petya Alice was played by actress Chulpan Khamatova.

"Star of Dawn" - this is the name of the actress in translation from the Tatar language. Chulpan was born on October 1, 1975 in Kazan, to a family of engineers. As a child, she attended figure skating, she was going to study as an economist, but soon she realized that this was not her way - a dreamto become a star of theater and cinema took over, and the future actress entered the course of Alexei Borodin at GITIS. But already during her studies she began to play on the theater stage. Her first works are "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Crime and Punishment" and many others.

In 1998, the Sovremennik Theater was replenished with a new star, which was Chulpan Khamatova. She made her debut in the play "Three Comrades", where she played Patricia. The following works of the actress were "Two on a Swing", "Three Sisters", "Thunderstorm", "Mamapapasyndog", "Antony and Cleopatra. Version”, “Playing Schiller!”, “Enemies. Love Story”, “Naked Pioneer”, “Hidden Perspective”.

In the third year of the institute, she first appeared in films. It was the movie "Dancer's Time". For this role, the actress was not immediately approved, which cannot be said about the role of Rita in the "Country of the Deaf", where she starred with Dina Korzun: it was this role that made her a famous actress.

Then there were roles in films and TV series: "Death of the Empire", "Christmas Mystery", "Doctor Zhivago", "Children of the Arbat", "72 meters", "Moon Dad", "Garpastum", "Paper Soldier"”, “Paradise”, “Under Electric Clouds”, “Ivan the Terrible”, “Duck Hunt”.

Participated in the filming of such foreign projects: "Goodbye, Lenin!", "Foreign Body", "England", "Tuvalu", "Victor Vogel - King of Advertising", "Son of a Bitch".

She tries to remain silent about her personal life, but it is known that Khamatova is the mother of three daughters.

Together with Dina Korzun arranges charity events to help sick children.

She was a TV presenter of such television programs: “Another Life”, “Waitme”, “Look”.

Merab Ninidze – Boris

Peter and Lisa's friend was played by Georgian actor Merab Ninidze. He was born on November 3, 1965 in the city of Tbilisi.

Graduated from the Tbilisi Theater Institute. Sh. Rustaveli. At the age of fifteen, he already played on the big stage in Robert Sturua's production of "Richard III", and got into the cinema four years later and starred in the film "Repentance". Since 1986, he has been playing at the Tbilisi Theater for 5 years, and in 1992 he went abroad.

Best Actor: B/W, Nowhere in Africa, Under Electric Clouds, Accented Love.

And in 2015 he played with Tom Hanks in the film "Bridge of Spies".

In the films "Paper Soldier", "Moon Dad", "Under Electric Skies", the actor starred together with Chulpan Khamatova, a colleague on the set of the film "Petrushka Syndrome". The actors have known each other for about sixteen years.

Zurab Kipshidze – Teddy

Georgian actor Zurab Kipshidze played Lisa's father, Tadeusz Vilkovsky. He, like Merab Ninidze, is from Tbilisi. There he graduated from the Theater Institute. Sh. Rustaveli. He is best known for his episodic role in the film Dancer's Time. The actor in this film played with Chulpan Khamatova.

Actors who played minor roles in the film

For the film "Parsley's Syndrome" the actors were chosen thoroughly. And due to the fact that the film covers a large time period, it was necessary to select the artists who played Petya, Lisa and Borya in childhood andyouth.

Petya played at a young age - Alexander Kuznetsov, in childhood - Artem Fadeev. Lisa in her youth was played by Alina Gvasalia, at the age of four by Olesya Galinskaya. Alexander Lyubimov and Gleb Protasov are actors who played Boris at a young and childhood age, respectively.

Other actors of the film "Petrushka Syndrome" are Vladimir Seleznev, Yulia Marchenko, Era Ziganshina and many others.

Interesting movie facts

There are some facts that will seem rather amusing to its connoisseurs.

1. The mother of director Elena Khazanova is friends with Dina Rubina, and Elena is a big fan of the writer and has always dreamed of making a film based on her novels. Once in Israel, Rubina offered to film The Parsley Syndrome, giving the director her manuscript, which was still unpublished at that time, as a gift.
2. Producer of the film is Yevgeny Mironov. When Khazanova offered the actor to produce his film and play the main role in it, Mironov immediately agreed, because he loves this novel very much.
3. As you know, Chulpan Khamatova played the doll Alice. Initially, a real silicone doll was made, but Mironov often had to carry it in his arms - it was hard. In addition, it turned out to be terrible.
4. In order to believably play a puppeteer, Yevgeny Mironov had to learn puppet skills.
5. The picture uses a special doll collection made directly for the movie.
6. Radu Polikartu became the director of all dances.
7. The film was shot mainly in St. Petersburg and its suburban areas (Vyborg, Lomonosov, Oranienbaum).
8. The film was edited in Switzerland and Germany.
9. The painting took four years to complete.

Parsley Syndrome: reviews

The picture of Elena Khazanova received mixed reviews from viewers and film critics. Someone wrote enthusiastic reviews of the film "Petrushka's Syndrome": the actors played above all praise, it was noted that this was a good and high-quality film, they liked the idea, the musical accompaniment, many liked the atmosphere, unusualness of Khazanova's film, energy and emotionality.

And someone pointed out the shortcomings of the film, such as protractedness and monotony of the action. And fans of the book are not at all happy with the fact that a film adaptation was made from their favorite book.

But, in spite of everything, they learned about the film, they talk about it, they discuss it, and this is the greatest merit of the director, actors and the entire crew of the film "Petrushka's Syndrome".