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  • Bac Films
  • 2 h 23 m
  • Bac Films
  • 2 h 23 m

Summary Russia, 19th century. Antonina Miliukova, a wealthy and brilliant young woman, married the composer Piotr Tchaikovsky. But her love for him turns to obsession and the young woman is violently rejected. Consumed by her feelings, Antonina agrees to endure everything to stay with him. [Cannes]

Directed By: Kirill Serebrennikov

Written By: Kirill Serebrennikov

  • Bac Films
  • 2 h 23 m
  • Bac Films
  • 2 h 23 m

Tchaikovsky's Wife

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
50
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Summary Russia, 19th century. Antonina Miliukova, a wealthy and brilliant young woman, married the composer Piotr Tchaikovsky. But her love for him turns to obsession and the young woman is violently rejected. Consumed by her feelings, Antonina agrees to endure everything to stay with him. [Cannes]

Directed By: Kirill Serebrennikov

Written By: Kirill Serebrennikov

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Alyona Mikhaylova

Antonina Miliukova

Odin Lund Biron

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Filipp Avdeev

Modest Tchaikovsky, Anatoli Tchaikovsky

Ekaterina Ermishina

Liza, Antoninona's Sister

Natalya Pavlenkova

Olga Nikaronovna, Antonina's Mother

Nikita Elenev

Kotek, Tchaikovsky's Pupil

Aleksandr Gorchilin

Brandukov, Tchaikovsky's Pupil

Varvara Shmykova

Sasha, Tchaikovsky's Sister

Vladimir Mishukov

Shlykov, Antonina's Lawyer

Viktor Khorinyak

Yurgenson, Tchaikovsky's Publisher

Miron Fedorov

Nikolai Rubinstein

Andrey Burkovskiy

Vladimir Meshchersky

Nikita Pirozhkov

Alyosha, Tchaikovsky's Servant

Gurgen Tsaturyan

Nikolai Bochechkarov - Piotr's friend

Natalia Polenova

Khvostova

Nikita Lebedev

Aleksandr, Antonina's Brother

Sofya Reznik

Anastasia, Aleksandr's wife

Yuliya Aug

Mad Woman at Church

Irina Rudnitskaya

Cook

Peter Aidu

Undertaker

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
50
50% Positive
5 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
50
50% Positive
5 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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80
Jan 2, 2024
With its intensely-felt performances, haunting winter lighting, and seemingly inescapable claustrophobia, it leaves a mark.
By Trevor Johnston FULL REVIEW
75
May 20, 2022
A fevered, hypnotizing, meticulously detailed period piece with a protagonist so monomaniacal the film could almost be considered high camp.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
74
May 20, 2022
It’s a bold and stylish work that slips in and out of fantasy and isn’t afraid to use music and sound design as a weapon, but it can also get relentlessly dreary and oppressive, albeit by design.
By Steve Pond FULL REVIEW
60
May 20, 2022
This is undoubtedly a vehement and very watchable drama – far superior to Serebrennikov’s previous film, the sprawling and unrewarding Petrov’s Flu. If there is a narrowness in its emotional and tonal range, that gives it force.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
May 20, 2022
Much as it would be nice to report that the film lived up to its director’s triumphant return, it’s unfortunately a swaggering chore: watching it feels like competing in a sort of art-house cinema Krypton Factor, with a barrage of interpretative dance interludes, unflinching full-frontal male nudity, pulverisingly bleak mise-en-scene, and writhing mental collapse.
By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW
40
May 20, 2022
Overlong and overdramatic, the two-hour-plus biopic does feature some exquisite filmmaking, in scenes where the romanticism of Tchaikovsky’s music is met with flowing camera movements that capture the action in artfully staged tableaux.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
30
May 20, 2022
It’s a drama of dour and often impenetrable obscurity. ... Yet everything about it that’s unsatisfying is also weirdly intentional.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Hype Film, Charade Films, Logical Pictures, Bord Cadre Films, Arte France Cinéma, CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Logical Content Ventures, Sovereign Films (II)
Duration 2 h 23 m
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Awards

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• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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