
The Children Play Russian
A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot," offering up a series of typically Godardian musings on art, politics, the nature of images and the future of cinema.
Rating
6.2/10
Release Date
1993-08-08
Runtime
58 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

László Szabó
Jack Valenti, the Producer

Jean-Luc Godard
Prince Mishkin, the Idiot

Bernard Eisenschitz
Harry Blount

André S. Labarthe
Alcide Jolivet

Aude Amiot
Mademoiselle Amiel / Anna Karenina

Irina Apeksimova
Anna Karenina

Marie Borowski

Benjamin Kraatz
Prince André

Kseniya Kutepova
Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters

Polina Kutepova
Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters

Bénédicte Loyen
Production Companies
JLG Films

Vega Film