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Tchaikovsky's Wife
Award-winning director Kirill Serebrennikov (Petrov's Flu) charts the tumultuous relationship between the 19th-century composer and his wife, in this poignant and powerful biopic.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Overview
In order to allay rumours about his personal life, esteemed composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky reluctantly decides to take the obsessive but monied Antonina Miliukova as his bride. But as their relationship flounders and Tchaikovsky tries to extricate himself from the marriage, the more determined Miliukova becomes to keep hold of him. With extraordinary lead performances from Odin Lund Biron and Alyina Mikhailova, Serebrennikov's Palme d'Or-nominated film is a magisterial, erotically-charged and occasionally beautifully surreal portrait of a legendary tormented artist, and a poignant and powerful examination of a disintegrating relationship.
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