VENEZIA – Jude Lawit is not afraid of interpreting Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Can you get you trouble? “I didn’t think of possible repercussions.” Have you found positive elements in representing the premier and president of Russia? The British actor, 53 years old, already at Lido last year with The Order, smiles: “I learned the judo, let’s say that the positive thing was this”. Now he is the co -star, with the American Paul Dano, of Olivier Assayas’s film The wizard of the Kremlinspent yesterday in competition in Venice82 and already in the smell of lion. Of the Tsar, Law has the same posture, the same way of walking and, thanks to a wig, even the same, orange, hair. But above all, the icy gaze.
Based on the novel by Giuliano da Empoli (who from 2007 to 2011 was a member of the Biennale board) and co -discrepted by Emmanuel Carrère, the film – 156 minutes, in theaters next year – explores the dark meanders of power, in which each word becomes the tool of a precise political design. It is the story, between truth and fiction, of Putin’s ascent (Jude Law) through the events of his Spin Doctor Vadim Baraov (Paul Dano), inspired by his former councilor Vladislav Surkov.
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