PETROV’S FLU, directed by acclaimed Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, (LETO) 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 the layers of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Part science fiction, mystery and dark comedy, this Cannes Film Festival entry is a unique hybrid of genres.
“A work of defiant social critique… the work of an artist thrillingly unbound.”
–Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
“A work of defiant social critique that gives way to passages of dreamy beauty and tenderness… the work of an artist thrillingly unbound.”
–Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
“A work of pure, gross, mindboggling cinema.”
–Jessica Kiang, The Playlist
“Fascinating.”
–Wendy Ive, The Guardian
DIRECTOR:
Kirill Serebennekov
WRITERS:
Kirill Serebennekov
Alexei Salnikov
PRODUCERS:
Pavel Burya
Murad Osmann
Ilya Stewart
CAST:
Chulpan Khamatova
Vladislav Semiletkov
Country of Origin: Russia
Format: DCP/2.35/Color
Sound Format: Dolby SRD
Running Time: 145 minutes
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
In Russian with English Subtitles
See this film at the following theaters:
- Coming to Theaters in July