Tchaikovsky's Wife

Tchaikovsky's Wife is a 2022 Russian biographical drama film written and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, starring Alyona Mikhaylova and Odin Biron. The film is a participant in the competition program of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Premise Set in the Russian Empire during the second half of the 19th century, the film is about the wife of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. She cannot accept her husband's homosexuality and as a result, gradually loses her mind. Cast Alyona Mikhaylova as Antonina Miliukova, Tchaikovsky's wife Odin Biron as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Yuliya Aug as a crazy old woman Miron Fyodorov as Nikolai Rubinstein Alexander Gorchilin as Anatoliy Brandukov Filipp Avdeyev as a doctor Varvara Shmykova Vladimir Mishukov as Shlykov Andrey Burkovsky as Vladimir Meshchersky Maksim Emelyanov Ekaterina Ermishina Viktor Khorinyak as Peter Jurgenson Release The film was presented at the 75th Cannes Film Festival's main competition on May 18, 2022 (Day 2). In the context of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, European Film Academy president Agnieszka Holland criticised the decision to screen a Russian film at the Cannes' main competition, noting that Kirill Serebrennikov "used [the film's festival press conference] to praise a Russian oligarch and compare the tragedy of Russian soldiers to Ukrainian defenders. I would not give him such a chance at this very moment", even though Serebrennikov openly condemns the war and for this all his productions in his home country were cancelled.