Petrov's Flu

Petrovy v grippe 2021

Adapted from Alexei Salnikov's novel, the film is set during a flu epidemic in Russia. Comic book writer Petrov, who gave his name to a film that attracts attention with its vivid images, finds himself in a whirlpool of past and present, violence with compassion, fire, alcohol and hallucinations. with the family of the epidemic victim as he is suffering from a bout of high fever. After "Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival 2021, the world premiere of "Petrov has the flu", the 2018 film by Kirill Serebrennikov, one of Russia's most famous theater and film directors devoted to the history of music, took place. Premiere of the film due to the ban.