Limonov: The Ballad

Directed by: Kiril Serebrenikov
Italy, Spain, France, 2024, 138'

Cankarjev dom Cinema Limonov: The Ballad

Screenplay: Pawel Pawlikowski, Ben Hopkins, Kiril Serebrenikov, Emmanuel Carrere
Cinematography: Roman Vasjanov
Music: Massimo Pupillo
Cast: Ben Whishaw (Eddie), Viktoria Mirošničenko (Elena), Tomas Arana (Stephen), Corrado Invernizzi (Lonja), Evgenij Mironov (Kuznecov), Andrej Burkovski, Maša Maškova (Ana), Odin Lund Biron (Ethan)
Producent: Wildside & Fremantle
Distribution: Fivia d.o.o.

A thrilling biography of the Russian writer Eduard Limonov, known for his turbulent private life, astonishing political transmutations and migrations between the Soviet Union, Europe and the USA.

Eduard Limonov (1943-2020) switched between many identities in his lifetime: A poet, exile, political leader, a revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a lover of beautiful women, a political agitator and a novelist who wrote of his own greatness. Limonov lived many lives, although much of what he said about himself has been contested as questionable self-mythologising - which only adds to his mystique. Eduard Limonov's life story is a journey through Russia (where he founded the National Bolshevik Party), America and Europe. It is based on Emmanuel Carr?re's 2011 book Limonov, a novelized biography of the Russian dissident.

Ben Whishaw has never had a role quite as complex and contradictory as that of Limonov, and he rises to the occasion with a transformative lead turn that's most compelling in its depiction of how malignant narcissism can sour romantic desperation into something uglier and more grimly depressing. It's a fascinating, slow-motion car crash of a performance: destined for destruction, spiralling magnificently all the way down.
Isaac Feldberg, Little White Lies

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