
Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

as Pyotr

as Liza

as Boris

as Katya

as Romka

as Petya in his youth

as Boris in his youth

as Liza in her youth

as Vera Leopoldovna, Borya's grandmother

as Eva's boyfriend

as Petya's friend in his youth

as Petya's friend in his youth

as Petya in his youth

as mathematic teacher

as Teddi