The Puppet Syndrome

Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

Cast

Evgeny Mironov

Pyotr

Chulpan Khamatova

Liza

Merab Ninidze

Boris

Yuliya Marchenko

Katya

Vladimir Seleznyov

Romka

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Petya in his youth

Alexey Lyubimov

Boris in his youth

Alina Gvasaliya

Liza in her youth

Era Ziganshina

Vera Leopoldovna, Borya's grandmother

Alexey Vedernikov

Eva's boyfriend