- Country: Russia
- Genre: musical
- Premiere in Russia: 2021
A hip-hop musical about Pushkin - this could only be invented in Russia. The producer of the projects "Duhless" and "Trainer" has started working on the film "The Prophet" (2021), there is no news about the exact release date, the actors and the trailer for which yet. The description of the plot of the tape has already intrigued many, and they are looking forward to the premiere.
Plot
The tape will be performed in a musical format and will tell about the life of the great Russian poet and writer Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Moreover, the producers claim that all the dialogues in the project will be delivered with the help of modern rap music. But the costumes and decorations will depict real Russia in Pushkin's times.
Production
The name of the director of the project was not disclosed. It is known that the producer Petr Anurov ("The Other Side of the Moon", "Saboteur", "Foundling") worked on the creation of the tape.
Petr Anurov says that he and the film crew treat this project with great responsibility. At the same time, they are very keen on its production. “It seems to us that it is with this language that it is possible to tell a non-trivial and vivid story that touches us so much and, we hope, will touch the audience,” says Anurov about choosing such a unique filming format.
Actors and roles
It is not yet known which actors will appear in the film. Most likely, these will not even be professional theater and cinema figures, but domestic rappers. But the details of whose compositions will be used in the film are also not disclosed.
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- The link between rap and poetry is recognized even at the highest ministerial level. So, Vladimir Medinsky, the former Minister of Culture, said that he considers the progenitor of rap Vladimir Mayakovsky.
- According to the creators, rap music will help convey the life story of Alexander Pushkin in an original and non-trivial way.
- The title of the tape "The Prophet" is a reference to the poet's poem of the same name.
- Modern users dubbed Alexander Sergeevich a real gangster: he wrote poetry, was a descendant of a black man, and also died in a duel.
Now interested viewers should expect news about the actors, the exact release date and a description of the plot of the film "The Prophet" (2021), the trailer for which has not yet been released. How the project will turn out, given such an original genre, is unknown. However, one thing is clear - the tape can become a breakthrough in the domestic cinema, if viewers still accept it.