Zhena Chaikovskogo (2022)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 143 minuten
Alternative titles: Tchaikovsky's Wife / Жена Чайковского
Country:
Russia / France / Switzerland
Directed by: Kirill Serebrennikov
Stars: Odin Lund Biron, Nikita Elenev and Ekaterina Ermishina
IMDb score:
6,4 (2.262)
Releasedate: 11 November 2022
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Zhena Chaikovskogo plot
In the nineteenth century, after listening to his music, Antonina Miliukova became obsessed with Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It comes to a relationship between her and the composer that culminates in a marriage. Tchaikovsky, however, has to deal with setbacks and puts the blame on his wife. Miliukova does not intend to divorce him and undergoes all the humiliations. Slowly she slips into madness.
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Antonina Milyukova
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Kotek
Lisa
Modest/Anatol
Anton Rubinstein
Vladimir Meshchersky
Brandukov
Sasha
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mrklm
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The famous composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, shortly after the premiere of his sixth symphony, also known as 'The Pathétique'. The funeral of this legendary Russian composer is disrupted by the presence of his wife Antonina [Alyona Mikhailova]. In messy structured flashbacks we discover why her presence at Tchaikovsky's funeral is by no means self-evident. Beautifully filmed by Vladislav Opelyants and fully acted, but Serebrennikov, who is also responsible for the screenplay, does not make it clear for a moment why Antonina clings obsessively to her homosexual husband. The sympathy therefore goes more to Pyotr than to his stalker wife and that cannot have been the intention.
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Roger Thornhill
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- 6070 messages
- 2476 votes
Superbly acted, sublimely dressed and beautifully lit, but also extremely suffocating in a way that put me at a distance without wanting to: it was difficult for me to empathize or put myself in the shoes of the title character, which is why I thought it also impossible to sympathize with her. The composer plays open cards with her without apparently realizing that this is the stupidest thing he could have done under the circumstances, because Antonina Miliukova is determinedly hard-teaching and cannot accept the conditions he has set in the long run, with all the consequences that entails. The ensuing misery is compellingly portrayed but unpleasant to follow, so that afterwards I was left with the question why this film was actually made: to highlight one specific medical history, or as a portrait of the more general phenomenon of obsession? Perhaps not the right question to ask when a movie should really take you away.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Serebrennikov will not ring a bell with the general public. I don't think he is a much-watched director in the arthouse world either. There are ten of his films here on MM, but they have not been widely viewed. For me, my third of his and certainly his best.
Beautiful penetrating portrait of Tchaikovsky's marriage. One that was doomed to failure even before it started. Not that he could hide chairs or sofas. He already warned his fiancée what kind of person he was. What follows is a downward spiral of self-destruction for both ultimately.
Beautiful decoration, great lighting with many dark shadows. Nice acting with excellent dialogues. Definitely recommended for enthusiasts.
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