Kirill Serebrennikov had started to shoot his next film, “Limonov” (adapted from Emmanuel Carrère's classic novel) in Moscow before Russia's war in Ukraine. Then filming stopped and now that he's moved to Berlin, it seems that the sets will have to be rebuilt in another country.
Searching for new info about the film, a reader of this site found the film’s page on distributor Pathé's website and, strangely enough, Ben Whishaw is listed in the cast. Not just that, but “Cold War” and “Ida” filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski is credited as the co-screenwriter.
Serebrennikov has become a very big filmmaker in Europe. None of his films have really cracked the American market, or critical consensus, but that could change at this coming May’s Cannes as his latest one, titled “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” is set to premiere in competition.
“Tchaikovsky’s Wife” is Serebrennikov’s fourth straight film as a director at Cannes, his previous ones were “The Student,” “Leto,” and Petrov’s Flu.”