The Wizard of the Kremlin | Olivier Assayas - Blu-ray Forum

Cremildo · 05-17-2024, 02:43 PM

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Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Zach Galifianakis and Tom Sturridge team up in Olivier Assayas’ political thriller “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, based on Giuliano da Empoli’s bestseller by the same name.

“The Wizard of the Kremlin” is co-written by Assayas and Emmanuel Carrère, whose novel “Limonov” has been adapted for the big screen by Kirill Serebrennikov and will premiere in official selection at Cannes.

The story opens in Russia, in the early 1990’s, in the aftermath of the USSR’s collapse. In a new world that promises freedom and flirts with chaos, a young artist-turned-TV producer, Vadim Baranov, unexpectedly becomes the spin doctor of a promising member of the FSB (ex-KGB), Vladimir Putin. +

Gacivory · 05-17-2024, 06:01 PM

New Assayas? I’m in!

Cremildo · 12-24-2024, 02:58 PM

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The plot centers on Vadim Baranov (Dano), a TV producer recruited into a dark Russian regime that comes to the fore after the fall of the USSR, hinging on propaganda and false media tales. The movie takes place during the 1990s, diving into Baranov’s exploits as he becomes the mastermind behind the construction of a false societal image, altering public perception by blurring the lines between truth and lies. Meanwhile, he has to navigate his personal issues as the free-spirited Ksenia (Vikander) shows him the consequences of the dangerous game he is playing.

Cremildo · 01-10-2025, 05:00 PM

Jude Law will be playing Putin

Prohibida · 01-10-2025, 05:03 PM

Wtf!?

BluBonnet · 03-25-2025, 01:57 PM

First on-set photos, you may need to zoom in a little.

drb999 · 03-25-2025, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cremildo

Jude Law will be playing Putin

So shirtless Jude Law?

Gacivory · 03-25-2025, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by drb999

So shirtless Jude Law?

Yes please!

Cremildo · 08-27-2025, 03:28 PM

Gacivory · 08-27-2025, 06:48 PM

Jude Law kinda looks like Martin Freeman in that pic.

Cremildo · 08-31-2025, 02:36 PM

Variety: "Jude Law, as Vladimir Putin, and Paul Dano, as His Right-Hand Shadow, Give Ace Performances in What Is Basically a Glorified TV-Movie"

Screen International: "Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in dense Oliver Assayas drama"

Deadline: "A Timely Political Drama"

MifuneFan · 08-31-2025, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Gacivory

Jude Law kinda looks like Martin Freeman in that pic.

Bilbo and Gollum at the same time.

Prohibida · 08-31-2025, 03:55 PM

Law looks more like Putin without the makeup on, ironically.Its just so distracting.

Cremildo · 08-31-2025, 11:03 PM

Metacritic

drb999 · 09-01-2025, 05:55 PM

Is the title a play on the Tom Clancy novel “The Cardinal of the Kremlin? Or just a coincidence?

Prohibida · 09-01-2025, 06:23 PM

I don't think it is a coincidence, just Cold War stuff is all.

08-27-2025, 03:28 PM	#9
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1050 Trading Score:51	Law and Dano

05-17-2024, 06:01 PM	#2
Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1120 Blu-ray collection:5609 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	New Assayas? I’m in!

01-10-2025, 05:00 PM	#4
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1050 Trading Score:51	Jude Law will be playing Putin

01-10-2025, 05:03 PM	#5
Prohibida Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2025 Location:TON 618	Wtf!?

03-25-2025, 01:57 PM	#6
BluBonnet Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Trading Score:1	First on-set photos, you may need to zoom in a little.

08-27-2025, 06:48 PM	#10
Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1120 Blu-ray collection:5609 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	Jude Law kinda looks like Martin Freeman in that pic.

08-31-2025, 02:36 PM	#11
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1050 Trading Score:51	Variety: "Jude Law, as Vladimir Putin, and Paul Dano, as His Right-Hand Shadow, Give Ace Performances in What Is Basically a Glorified TV-Movie" Screen International: "Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in dense Oliver Assayas drama" Deadline: "A Timely Political Drama"

08-31-2025, 03:55 PM	#13
Prohibida Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2025 Location:TON 618	Law looks more like Putin without the makeup on, ironically.Its just so distracting.

08-31-2025, 11:03 PM	#14
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1050 Trading Score:51	Metacritic

09-01-2025, 05:55 PM	#15
drb999 Blu-ray King Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Outer Space 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:706 DVD collection:57 MA collection:6 Digital collection:74 iTunes collection:1 Prime collection:1	Is the title a play on the Tom Clancy novel “The Cardinal of the Kremlin? Or just a coincidence?

09-01-2025, 06:23 PM	#16
Prohibida Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2025 Location:TON 618	I don't think it is a coincidence, just Cold War stuff is all.

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