The story of a dancer in a state of artistic crisis, a man struggling with mental and physical trauma. Man is only a conductor of his talent. A film about a return to a dream.
Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?
Ivan, a successful oncologist who has created a cure for cancer, discovers suddenly that by an ironical twist of fate he is terminally ill. He realizes that he has one chance to correct the mistake he made a long time ago, and leaves his family to go to another city to the woman he loved all his life, hoping to spend the last night with her...
The young kindergarten teacher is quite happy with her work, which is completely incomprehensible to her fiancé Tolik, however, like many friends and acquaintances of the girl. But she genuinely loves children and is happy to return sincere affection.
