Russia, in the early 1990s, in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR. In a new world that promises freedom while flirting with chaos, a young artist turned television producer, Vadim Baranov, unexpectedly becomes the “spin doctor” of a promising FSB (former KGB) member: Vladimir Putin. Loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by Giuliano da Empoli.

From Olivier Assayas, with Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander