Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022)

Original title

Жена Чайковского

Directed by

Kirill Serebrennikov

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Russia, France, Switzerland

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman enters a marriage of convenience with composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The film shows her mounting emotional struggles as their relationship fails to meet her expectations.

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What happens

Tchaikovsky's Wife (Russian: Жена Чайковского, romanized: Zhena Chaikovskogo) is a 2022 biographical drama film written and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, who had been criticised as a dissident in Russia. Starring Alyona Mikhaylova and Odin Biron, it follows the marriage of convenience of young, naive Antonina Miliukova to noted composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. It received mixed reviews, but critics praised Mikhaylova's performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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