The Student (2016 film)

The Student (Russian: Ученик, romanized: Uchenik) is a 2016 Russian drama film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov based on Marius von Mayenburg's play Märtyrer. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival[1][2] where it won the François Chalais Prize.[3]The Student also won Best Composer at 2016 European film Awards.[4]

The Student
Film poster
Directed byKirill Serebrennikov
Written byKirill Serebrennikov
StarringPyotr Skvortsov
Viktoriya Isakova
Aleksandr Gorchilin
Yuliya Aug
Music byIlya Demutsky
CinematographyVladislav Opelyants
Production
company
Hype Film
Release date
  • 13 May 2016 (2016-05-13) (Cannes)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Plot

The plot revolves around a young man who has become a religious fanatic and gradually drags his surroundings and the whole school into obscurantism, which ultimately leads to disaster.

Cast
  • Peter Skvortsov as Veniamin Yuzhin
  • Yuliya Aug as Inga Yuzhina, Veniamin's mother
  • Viktoriya Isakova as Elena Krasnova, Veniamin's biology teacher
  • Aleksandr Gorchilin as Grigoriy Zaytsev, Veniamin's friend
  • Aleksandra Revenko as Lidiya Tkacheva
  • Anton Vasilev as Oleg Selnenko, Veniamin's physical education teacher
  • Nikolay Roshchin as father Vsevolod
  • Svetlana Bragarnik as Lyudmila Stukalina, the principal of the school
  • Irina Rudnitskaya as Irina Petrovna
  • Marina Klescheva as steward

Reception

Critical response

The Student has an approval rating of 87% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus states, "As visually arresting as it is thought-provoking, The Student takes a fearlessly confrontational approach to difficult themes -- and proves richly rewarding in its execution".[5] It also has a score of 76 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

References
  1. "2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. "Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. "Cannes Bullet Points: Brazil the documentary prize and "The Student" the François Chalais Prize". L'Express. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. Brown, Mark (11 December 2016). "Toni Erdmann sweeps the board at European film awards 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. "The Student ((M)uchenik) (2017)" – via Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. "The Student Reviews" – via Metacritic.
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