| PETROV’S FLU directed by acclaimed Russian filmmaker KiriIl Serebrennikov (LETO) is a deadpan, halIucinatory romp through post-Soviet Russia. With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov famiIy struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a booze-fueled, icy fever dream of vioIence and tenderness, and where, beneath the Iayers of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Part science fiction, mystery and dark comedy, this Cannes Film FestivaI entry is a unique hybrid of genres. |