Stalin's Couch

Director:
Fanny Ardant

Stalin has come to rest in a castle in the middle of the forest. He is accompanied by his long-time mistress, Lidia. In the office where he sleeps there is a couch that resembles Freud's couch. He suggests to Lidia that they play a psychoanalyst game at night. During the day, Danilov, a young painter, waits to be introduced to Stalin in order to offer him the monument of eternity that he has conceived to honor him. A dangerous and twisted relationship develops between the three...

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Director:
Fanny Ardant
Cast:
Gerard Depardieu
Emmanuelle Seigner
Paul Hamy
Country:
France
Running time:
12h:00m
Section:
TIFF Edition:
2018