THE STUDENT

UCHENIK

By Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV

THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2016

“Those who follow the light have only ever invented darkness” (Robert Desnos)

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2016
Un Certain Regard
BFI London FF 2016
Debate
Brussels Film Festival 2016
Competition
Munich 2016
Competition
Karlovy Vary 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • RUSSIA
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 118 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
    • Writer(s)
    • Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
    • Producer(s)
    • Ilya STEWART (Hype Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Veniamin, a teenager in the midst of a mystical crisis, has his mother, schoolmates and entire high school turned upside down by his questions.
      - Can girls go to their swimming classes in bikinis?
      - Does sex education have a place in school?
      - Should the theory of evolution be taught as part of the Natural Sciences?
      The adults are soon overwhelmed by the certitudes of the youngster who swears only by Scripture.
      No one but Elena, his biology teacher, will alone challenge him on his own ground.