‘Petrov’s Flu’ Director Kirill Serebrennikov Talks Travel Ban, Next Movie & Why He’s Backing Paul Verhoeven For The Palme d’Or – Cannes

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He may be barred from leaving Russia and thus unable to travel to Cannes, but arthouse cinema favorite Kirill Serebrennikov is refusing to let that dampen his spirit ahead of the premiere of his latest movie, Petrov’s Flu, in the French fest’s Competition.The filmmaker has been battling fraud charges in his home country for a number of years – charges which have been condemned by human rights organizations – but when Deadline catches up with him via video link to Moscow, he is relaxed, telling us he is happy that his new picture is getting out into the world after a long delay (it was due to screen at Cannes 2020), and to already be hard at work on his next feature.Petrov’s Flu is a surreal journey through one man’s battle with the titular