Petrov's Flu

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Petrov's Flu

Released Sep 23, 2022

2h 25m

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The Petrovs are an average family living in the peaceful city of Yekaterinburg in post-Soviet Russia. They follow their daily regimens with quiet consistency, but beneath this layer of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Petrov lives his life in a parallel comic universe, breaking out of the mundane to do everything from abducting children as a humanoid alien, to lining up Russian aristocrats against a wall and shooting them down. Petrov has been dealing with the flu, but goes about his regular life, often getting drunk and spending the night out. His wife, Petrova, is a librarian by day and a superhero vigilante with a maniacal streak by night; she kills abusive men.

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Critics Consensus

A gritty Russian satire with a big, beating heart, Petrov's Flu is highly contagious.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

A commandingly propulsive post-Soviet delirium about a divorced comics artist coughing and hallucinating his way across a grim, chilly night/day of detours, confrontations, memories and fatherly responsibilities.

Oct 6, 2022

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

All of it [is] staged and shot with conscientiousness and ingenuity rarely seen in films from any country anymore. It is indeed a phantasmagoria, and perhaps an overload.

Rated: 4/4

Sep 23, 2022

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Paints a bleak, wistful, tragically funny portrait of a man, a people, a world.

Sep 22, 2022

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

Dystopian sci-fi Petrov’s Flu is an intriguing but cluttered mixture of thoughts and musings on Russian society, which makes for a fresh but sometimes frustrating watch.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 18, 2024

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Kristian M. Lin

Fort Worth Weekly

Theater director Kiril Serebrennikov adapts Alexei Salnikov’s novel with brilliant colors bursting amid the dinginess of whatever version of Russia this is set in.

Mar 13, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

It’s a ride, all right, though you may find this journey sans finite destination more arbitrary than exhilarating.

Oct 24, 2022

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Vin E

Hard to sit through.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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carsten s

Like a Beatnik film: Fast like Kerouac´s On The Road, bitter, hilarious and reality bending like Burroughs´ Naked Lunch. Grand spectaculum. Crazy, funny, sad, without hope for humans and the russian system, but with hope for humanity in personal relations.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Kirill Serebrennikov

Director

Semyon Serzin

Actor

Chulpan Khamatova

Actor

Yuliya Peresild

Actor

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Igor

Aleksandr Il'in

Viktor Mikhailovich

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Synopsis

The Petrovs are an average family living in the peaceful city of Yekaterinburg in post-Soviet Russia. They follow their daily regimens with quiet consistency, but beneath this layer of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Petrov lives his life in a parallel comic universe, breaking out of the mundane to do everything from abducting children as a humanoid alien, to lining up Russian aristocrats against a wall and shooting them down. Petrov has been dealing with the flu, but goes about his regular life, often getting drunk and spending the night out. His wife, Petrova, is a librarian by day and a superhero vigilante with a maniacal streak by night; she kills abusive men.

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Producer: Pavel Burya, Murad Osmann, Ilya Stewart
Screenwriter: Kirill Serebrennikov
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Kinoprime, Logical Pictures, arte France Cinéma, Charades Productions, ZDF, Hype Film, Bord Cadre Films, Razor Film Produktion GmbH
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 2h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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