‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’ Review: A Feverish Russian Melodrama About a Wildly Dissonant Marriage
Cannes: Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov arranges a feverish melodrama around the woman who suffered classical music’s worst marriage.
Cannes: Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov arranges a feverish melodrama around the woman who suffered classical music’s worst marriage.
Prosecutors alleged that Serebrennikov had misappropriated over €9 million in funding in a case that some critics say was politically motivated.
The filmmaker missed the film’s Cannes debut last year after being placed under house arrest, but he’s been freed just in time to prepare for its imminent release.