Tchaikovsky's Wife

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Tchaikovsky's Wife

2022

2h 23m

Biography

Drama

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Tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova.

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If at times opaquely and certainly prolongedly, Tchaikovski's Wife elegantly captures a heartbroken woman's obsession with her prominent spouse who struggled with his own censured sexuality.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

The ambition of this headily febrile revisionist period piece is admirable.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 31, 2023

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

The film is a portrait of intense madness and obsession.

May 23, 2022

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Mark Asch

Little White Lies

A visionary evocation of the heartbreak and sickness of a woman in love with a Russian icon who doesn’t love her back.

May 19, 2022

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Mikhailova is outstanding, particularly in a truly harrowing sequence set in a railway station.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 24, 2024

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Hugh Barnes

The Arts Desk

The film is so lavishly dressed and shot (by cinematographer Vladislav Opelyants) that the human story gets lost in all the handsome but inert costume drama.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 2, 2024

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The music is an easy choice, but Serebrennikov has found its counterpart in image and in theme.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 29, 2023

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Philip T

Some impressive scenes and colorful directing, but overall a frustrating watch. We never learn why Antonia is so infatuated with Tchaikovsky or why she so obsessively insists on staying married to him against all sensible advice. It’s great to see the movie focus on her and largely ignore her megastar husband, but lack of context and characterization make it hard to sympathize with her for long. She becomes a classic annoying stalker and the movie loses its drama.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Kirill Serebrennikov

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Alyona Mikhailova

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Nikita Elenev

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Ilya Stewart

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Synopsis

Tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova.

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Producer: Ilya Stewart
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: Russian
Runtime: 2h 23m