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The Student

Original title: (M)uchenik
  • 20162016
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
5.5K
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Pyotr Skvortsov in The Student (2016)
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Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
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5.5K
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  • Director
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
  • Writers
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Marius von Mayenburg(play "Martyr")
  • Stars
    • Pyotr Skvortsov
    • Viktoriya Isakova
    • Yuliya Aug
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
  • Writers
    • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Marius von Mayenburg(play "Martyr")
  • Stars
    • Pyotr Skvortsov
    • Viktoriya Isakova
    • Yuliya Aug
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    • 20User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 18 wins & 26 nominations

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    Viktoriya Isakova and Pyotr Skvortsov in The Student (2016)
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    Pyotr Skvortsov
    Pyotr Skvortsov
    • Veniamin Yuzhinas Veniamin Yuzhin
    Viktoriya Isakova
    Viktoriya Isakova
    • Elena Krasnovaas Elena Krasnova
    Yuliya Aug
    Yuliya Aug
    • Inga Yuzhinaas Inga Yuzhina
    Aleksandr Gorchilin
    Aleksandr Gorchilin
    • Grigoriy Zaytsevas Grigoriy Zaytsev
    Aleksandra Revenko
    Aleksandra Revenko
    • Lidiya Tkachevaas Lidiya Tkacheva
    Anton Vasilev
    Anton Vasilev
    • Oleg Ivanovich Selnenkoas Oleg Ivanovich Selnenko
    Svetlana Bragarnik
    Svetlana Bragarnik
    • Lyudmila Stukalinaas Lyudmila Stukalina
    Nikolay Roshchin
    • Otets Vsevolodas Otets Vsevolod
    Irina Rudniktskaya
    • Irina Petrovnaas Irina Petrovna
    • Director
      • Kirill Serebrennikov
    • Writers
      • Kirill Serebrennikov
      • Marius von Mayenburg(play "Martyr")
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    • Trivia
      The original Russian title "(M)uchenik", with the 'm' in parentheses, is a play on words, a pun, combining the Russian word "muchenik", which means "martyr", with the Russian word "uchenik", which means "student". Because the Russian pun would not be understood, and there is no way to translate it, the simplified title "Uchenik", or "The Student", was used at the Cannes Film Festival 2016.
    • Quotes

      Veniamin Yuzhin: God has a beautiful plan for you. Remember that.

    • Connections
      Featured in Evening Urgant: Viktoriya Isakova/Polina (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      God Is God
      Performed by Laibach

    User reviews20

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    Top review
    7/10
    Challenging Political Religious Tale from Russia
    Venya is a teenager with attitude, he is cared for by a single mother who works three jobs to keep body and soul together. Then one day she gets a call from his school saying he is refusing to take part in mixed swimming lessons. She imagines all the reasons why a teenage boy may not want to do such an activity but never thought that it would be against his political convictions. However, he insists that he is religiously motivated and his stance finds traction in the school principle.

    As he realises that religion is power so he sets out to control those around him by becoming a sort of walking, talking Bible. The passages he quotes are very subjective and selective but when delivered with absolute conviction seem to carry more weight and their implicit truth appears loaded with spiritual and moral currency. His Nemesis in this is a forward thinking science and biology teacher but he knows he has God on his side.

    Now this is taken from the play by Marius von Mayenburg who is German and the original Russian title was '(M)uchenik' which is a play on Russian words in that muchenik is 'martyr' and 'uchenik' is student – and as such is a brilliant title, but would not work in English – hence 'The Student'. The issues of religious control and the like are hot and controversial topics with parallels to way more than Christianity and as such the film has had its critics.

    The acting, directing and cinematography are all excellent and the plot is both compelling and urgent for a film that runs just shy of two hours it really does not waste any time – in Russian with good sub titles this is a film that will divide opinion and I think that is no bad thing – so recommended to those who like to have to think about their cinema.
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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Öğrenci
    • Production company
      • Hype Film
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,126
    • Gross worldwide
      • $318,123
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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