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The Children Play Russian (1993)

A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot," offering up a series of typically Godardian musings on art, politics, the nature of images and the future of cinema.

Release: 1993-08-08
Runtime: 58 min
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
László Szabó
László Szabó
Jack Valenti, the Producer
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Prince Mishkin, the Idiot
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Bernard Eisenschitz
Harry Blount
André S. Labarthe
André S. Labarthe
Alcide Jolivet
Aude Amiot
Aude Amiot
Mademoiselle Amiel / Anna Karenina
Irina Apeksimova
Irina Apeksimova
Anna Karenina
Marie Borowski
Marie Borowski
Benjamin Kraatz
Benjamin Kraatz
Prince André
Kseniya Kutepova
Kseniya Kutepova
Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters
Polina Kutepova
Polina Kutepova
Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters
Bénédicte Loyen
Bénédicte Loyen