Sindrom Petrushki

An interesting story about puppets and family curses. When one wants to control everything, all things are going to fall apart. The creator is so obsessed with his creation until he wants to control every move of his lover like a puppet.

A beautiful red-haired Khamatova plays the role of a girlfriend and a solid gel mannequin puppet of her lover. She is a great dancer and it shows her gracefulness in a few puppeteering performances.

The film also has some great editing on the dance scenes, switched between the real person and the puppet Khamatova during the dances with Evgeniy Mironov.

The origins of the curses was not well elaborated and the relationship among the three main characters (Lisa, Petya and Boris) were not profoundly told, probably due to the fact that it is a novel adaptation, some essential details may well be excluded.