'The Mad Woman and the Feminist' Review: MiamisFF
'The Mad Woman and the Feminist': This Spanish entry for the MiamisFF directed by Sandra Gallego handles a difficult conversation in a smart, memorable way.
Extraordinary
Eight-year-old Nikolai suffers from a congenital illness that leaves him unable to walk or speak. His doctors and even his own mother, Tatyana, have given up hope of treating his ailment. When Tatyana’s new friend Yuri tries using his own physiotherapy techniques to treat Nikolai, he discovers that Nikolai has a gift for music and teaches him to play the piano. With every note he learns and every melody he masters, Nikolai’s condition improves. He not only gains mobility, he also becomes an outstanding musician. Nikolai and Yuri travel to China together to take part in a piano competition, with a view to taking the grand prize. This is a humor-packed story about the healing power of music and fatherly love.
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Eight-year-old Nikolai suffers from a congenital illness that leaves him unable to walk or speak. His doctors and even his own mother, Tatyana, have given up hope of treating his ailment. When Tatyana’s new friend Yuri tries using his own physiotherapy techniques to treat Nikolai, he discovers that Nikolai has a gift for music and teaches him to play the piano. With every note he learns and every melody he masters, Nikolai’s condition improves. He not only gains mobility, he also becomes an outstanding musician. Nikolai and Yuri travel to China together to take part in a piano competition, with a view to taking the grand prize. This is a humor-packed story about the healing power of music and fatherly love.
Rating:
Genre:Drama, Comedy
Written By:Roman Kantor, Sergey Kozin
In Theaters:
Box Office:$876,296
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Kinoslovo, Central Partnership, Cinema Foundation of Russia
Cast
Ilya Malanin
Director
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Yuri
Illarion Marov
Kolya
Xu Shiyue
Anna
Natalya Kudryashova
Tatyana
Elisey Svezhentsev
Kolya v detstve
Nadezhda Markina
Ekaterina Vasilevna
Boris Kamorzin
Direktor muzykalnoy shkoly
Artyom Bocharov
Violonchelist
Marina Kleshcheva
Tyotya Raya
Nina Antyukhova
Zhenshina v Apteke
Antonina Boyko
Lena
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