The Wizard of the Kremlin | 27th French Cinema Festival
O MAGO DO KREMLIN | 27ª FESTA DO CINEMA FRANCÊS
Cinema 6€
Sunday 11 October · 21:00
Olivier Assayas builds a tense political thriller about the backrooms of power in Russia, following Vadim Baranov, who abandons art and television to become the informal adviser to Vladimir Putin, with Jude Law in a remarkable transformation.
Synopsis The Wizard of the Kremlin (Le Mage du Kremlin), Olivier Assayas France, 2025, 152', Thriller, Portuguese subtitles With: Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jeffrey Wright, Jude Law In Russia in the 1990s, Vadim Baranov abandons art and television to become the informal adviser to a former KGB agent destined for absolute power: Vladimir Putin. Inside the system, he learns to manufacture speeches, images and realities, becoming a central piece of the new Russia. Fifteen years later, he decides to break his silence. Premiered in Venice, Olivier Assayas builds a tense political thriller about the backrooms of power and the mechanisms of propaganda, with Jude Law in a remarkable transformation as Putin, composing a glacial, opaque and unsettling figure. Screenplay: Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère Production: Curiosa Films, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma Prices General - 6€ Reduced mobility - 6€ Discounts Unemployed, Young people, Seniors over 65