A Frenchman (Француз) 4 years old

USSR during the thaw and underground jazz through the eyes of a student from Paris

A Frenchman

In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional one, but the underground one as well. During his year in Russia’s capital Pierre lives an entirely different life than what he’s used to. But the internship and the experience of the Soviet people’s way of life are not the only things Pierre is after. He’s searching for his father, White officer Tatishchev, who was arrested in the 1930s.

Credits

A Frenchman Cast

Name Character
Roman Madyanov He was 57, now 61 years old as Chukhnovsky
Mikhail Efremov He was 55, now 60 years old as Uspensky
Evgeniy Tkachuk He was 35, now 39 years old as Valery Uspensky
Evguenya Obraztsova as Kira
Aleksandr Baluev He was 60, now 65 years old as Tatishchev
Jérémie Duvall He was 25, now 30 years old
Natalya Tenyakova as Mariya Kirillovna Obrezkova

A Frenchman Crew

Name Department
Alla Strelnikova as Editor. Editing
Valeriy Todorovskiy as Producer. He was 57 (now 61) years old Production
Andrey Smirnov as Director. He was 78 (78) years old when He died Directing
Andrey Smirnov as Producer. He was 78 (78) years old when He died Production
Andrey Smirnov as Screenplay. He was 78 (78) years old when He died Writing
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A Frenchman (4 years)

USSR during the thaw and underground jazz through the eyes of a student from Paris

  • Release day: Thursday, October 31, 2019
  • Runtime: 128 minutes