Find the necessary funds for the production of Kremlin MageAn adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli’s book was difficult, in particular due to the links of certain investors with Russia, its director Olivier Assayas recognized on Monday.
“We cannot know in advance how the film will be understood or how Kremlin will displease,” according to the filmmaker, whose feature film was screened on Sunday at the Venice Festival.
“We had to find people who had no connection with Russia (…) and that had nothing to do with politics,” he said, added that several investors related to Russia had decreased.
Jude Law in Vladimir Putin
The magician du Kremlin It traced almost three decades of political transformation in Russia, from the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s to the invasion of Crimea in 2014. Vladimir Putin was interpreted by Jude Law in the Brutal Autocrat, which gradually imposes an authoritarian regime in Moscow.
“The difficulty is that the film talks about politics and everyone is afraid of that,” said Olivier Assayas during a meeting with journalists. “We met many closed doors and the process was very painful,” he continued.
“I spent approximately one year thinking that the movie was going to be made a day that would not be done the next day because suddenly we lost funds or we could not conclude such agreement …”, detailed to the director of “Carlos”.
Olivier Assayas explains that he was involved in discussions about the financing of the film, which he generally does not. “It is a small miracle that we manage to complete the project in this way,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
