The Petrov File

Movie
Audience Score
80
The Petrov File
NR 1 hr 32 minDrama, Thriller
In the late 1980s stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason When he reappears after the demise of the Communist regime he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most his master and friend He discovers this fact at the very moment that he is called upon to deliver a funeral eulogy for the man Devastated Petrov declares that he is retiring from public life Thats when Markov offers his help An old acquaintance Markov was a former director of the secret service who has become a successful businessman Now in the mid1990s the country is wracked by unretstrained capitalism along with violence and gang wars Markov an admirer of Petrovs stage talents offers to make him the leader of a new political party aiming at rescuing the country Can this work Is Markov the right man to be allied with Petrov must make a fateful decision
DirectorGeorgi Balabanov
WritersJean-Claude CarrièreGeorgi Balabanov