Filming on The Wizard of the Kremlin, Olivier Assayas’s 19th feature film, has now entered the home straight. For the record, the French filmmaker has been selected five times to compete in Cannes (Les destinées sentimentales in 2000, Demonlover [+leggi anche:
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The cast is led by American Paul Dano (recently seen in The Fabelmans and The Batman), English actor Jude Law (nominated twice at the Oscars and once for a Golden Globe, and recently seen in Firebrand [+leggi anche:
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Adapted by Olivier Assayas and Emmanuel Carrère from Giuliano da Empoli’s novel of the same name, the story takes us to Russia in the early 1990s, the day after the collapse of the USSR. In a new world promising freedom and flirting with chaos, a young artist turned TV producer, Vadim Baranov, unexpectedly becomes a "spin doctor" for a prominent member of the Federal Security Service: Vladimir Putin…

Having kicked off on 20 January, filming is due to wrap on 4 April with Yorick Le Saux (nominated for the 2015 César in his speciality for Clouds of Sils Maria) heading up photography.

The Wizard of the Kremlin is being produced by Olivier Delbosc on behalf of Curiosa Films with Pierce Capital Entertainment and Gaumont featuring among the film’s partners and with the latter steering both international sales and distribution in France.