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The Student

Original title: (M)uchenik
  • 20162016
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 58m
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6.9/10
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Pyotr Skvortsov in The Student (2016)
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Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
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    • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Marius von Mayenburg(play "Martyr")
  • Stars
    • Pyotr Skvortsov
    • Viktoriya Isakova
    • Yuliya Aug
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Marius von Mayenburg(play "Martyr")
  • Stars
    • Pyotr Skvortsov
    • Viktoriya Isakova
    • Yuliya Aug
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    • 20User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    Viktoriya Isakova and Pyotr Skvortsov in The Student (2016)
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    • Veniamin Yuzhin
    Viktoriya Isakova
    Viktoriya Isakova
    • Elena Krasnova
    Yuliya Aug
    Yuliya Aug
    • Inga Yuzhina
    Aleksandr Gorchilin
    Aleksandr Gorchilin
    • Grigoriy Zaytsev
    Aleksandra Revenko
    Aleksandra Revenko
    • Lidiya Tkacheva
    Anton Vasilev
    Anton Vasilev
    • Oleg Ivanovich Selnenko
    Svetlana Bragarnik
    Svetlana Bragarnik
    • Lyudmila Stukalina
    Nikolay Roshchin
    • Otets Vsevolod
    Irina Rudniktskaya
    • Irina Petrovna
      • Kirill Serebrennikov
      • Kirill Serebrennikov
      • Marius von Mayenburg(play "Martyr")
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    • Trivia
      The original Russian title "(M)uchenik", with the 'm' in parentheses, is a play on words, a pun, combining the Russian word "muchenik", which means "martyr", with the Russian word "uchenik", which means "student". Because the Russian pun would not be understood, and there is no way to translate it, the simplified title "Uchenik", or "The Student", was used at the Cannes Film Festival 2016.
    • Quotes

      Veniamin Yuzhin: God has a beautiful plan for you. Remember that.

    • Connections
      Featured in Evening Urgant: Viktoriya Isakova/Polina (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      God Is God
      Performed by Laibach

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    7/10
    A piece of Russian intensity
    A world-wide vision on the religious fanaticism, since it is not a Russian history, is a history that must be located in some part of the world and in this case it was Russia. From the outset, I have no doubt that Russian cinema is very intense; I am not an expert in the filmography of that country but the last Russian films that I have seen are truly visceral, anchored crudely in reality. This film is 80% masterfully directed in the intensity of its plot. Added to that brilliant baton, the interpretations of the protagonists are superb and the soundtrack is truly exquisite. However, there are two things that I did not like: the photograph could have been sublime due to the subject that was treated and it was not, and the end, after so many minutes of filmic intensity, is diluted with the scene of the school board meeting. Without a doubt, it is a recommendable film, it is a beautiful sample of the contemporary Russian cinematography.
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      • April 21, 2017 (United States)
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes
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