Based on the novel “The Petrovs In and Around the Flu” by Alexey Salnikov, PETROV’S FLU is a deadpan, hallucinatory romp through post-Soviet Russia. With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov family struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a booze-fueled, icy fever dream of violence and tenderness, and where – beneath layers of the ordinary – things turn out to be quite extraordinary.
Set somewhere between reality and imagination, PETROV’S FLU is a visually arresting experience: rough, funny, violent and psychedelic, and yet tender and poetic.
PETROV'S FLU is released in the UK with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.
★★★★ "Sinister, sensual and surreal" - Dave Calhoun, Time Out
"Pure cinematic punk-rock... Wildly audacious" - Shaun Munro, Flickering Myth
"Breathtaking filmmaking" - Mark Asch, Little White Lies
"A rowdy, exhilarating return to top form for Serebrennikov" - Guy Lodge, Variety
“Skillfully executed and mesmeric” - Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter
“A formidable piece of filmmaking” - Ben Kroll, The Wrap
“A breathtakingly bold and effortlessly brilliant piece of cinema” - Rob Aldam, Backseat Mafia
