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‘Petrov’s Flu’ Director Kirill Serebrennikov Is Banned From Exiting Russia for Cannes
Rebecca Davis editorRussian director Kirill Serebrennikov is banned from leaving his home country and thus cannot legally attend the Cannes Film Festival this summer, where his film “Petrov’s Flu” will debut in competition, his lawyer told AFP Monday.The 51-year-old helmer was sentenced in June 2020 to a three-year suspended prison sentence and issued a fine over a case of embezzlement.His supporters argue that the case against him was politically motivated, since his daring work engages with politics, sex and religion in ways frowned upon by the Russian state, which is calling for a return to more conservative “traditional” values.“Kirill cannot leave Russian territory,” his lawyer Dmitri Kharitonov confirmed, noting that the director’s
