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THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN

LA MAGE DU KREMLIN

By Olivier ASSAYAS

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Thriller - Pre-Production 2024

BAFTA and Golden Globe Nominee Paul Dano stars alongside Academy Award ® Nominee Jude Law and Academy Award ® Winner Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge (Song to Song, The Sandman) and Zach Galifianakis (Birdman) in this fascinating dive into the perversity of modern politics.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Thriller
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Director(s)
- Olivier ASSAYAS
- Cast
- Paul DANO, Jude LAW, Alicia VIKANDER, Jeffrey WRIGHT, Tom STURRIDGE, Zach GALIFIANAKIS
- Synopsis
- Russia, early 1990s. The USSR collapsed. A new
  world of possibilities opens up where freedom
  mingles with chaos. With his formidable and
  inscrutable mind, the young Vadim Baranov sets
  out to conquer it.
  First an avant-garde artist, then a TV producer
  crafting new national fantasies, he becomes the
  spin doctor of a promising member of the FSB
  – ex-KGB – soon to be known as “The Tsar”:
  Vladimir Putin.
  Working at the heart of Russian power, Baranov
  blurs truth with lies, the news with propaganda,
  directing the entire society like one great reality
  show. Only his love for the magnetic, free-minded
  Ksenia can turn him away from this
  dangerous game.
  After his resignation 15 years later, legends about
  Baranov multiplied, none of them able to
  disentangle the myth from the man. Until one night,
  ‘‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’’ decides to reveal his
  story and rake up the dark secrets of the regime
  he helped build.