The Puppet Syndrome (2015)

The story of an all-consuming passion between a creator and his creation.

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?

Genres: Drama

Stars: Evgeny Mironov, Chulpan Khamatova, Merab Ninidze, Yuliya Marchenko, Vladimir Seleznyov

Release Date: 2015-11-05

Country: Germany, Russia, Switzerland

Ratings: 6 / 10 (10 votes)

Runtime: 101 mins