The Children Play Russian (1993)
58m
Running Time
August 8, 1993Release Date
The Children Play Russian (1993)
58m
Running Time
August 8, 1993Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Release DateAugust 8, 1993
Original NameLes enfants jouent à la Russie
StatusReleased
Running Time58m
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Les Enfants jouent à la Russie (English: The Kids Play Russian) is a 1993 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and starring László Szabó and Godard. Szabó plays a Hollywood producer who hires a famous French filmmaker (Godard) to make a documentary about post-Cold War Russia. Instead the filmmaker stays in France and casts himself in the lead role of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot.