Director Kusturica talked about his new film starring Yura Borisov.

According to the director, according to the plot of the film, the young director wants to make his own film based on the novel by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment". At one point, a friend of the director introduces him to a rich man who offers the main character to kill his wife for $5 million to make a film.

"It will be such a modern tragicomedy," Kusturica said.

The film director also talked about why he chose Yuri Borissov for the main role. He noted that a Russian actor can play absolutely any role and attributed it to the actors, "what were the best actors in the world."

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Director Kusturica announced on February 25 at the Kustendorf International Festival that Yura Borisov href="https://iz.ru/1828270/2025-01-25/iura-borisov-sygraet-v-filme-kusturitcy-po-motivam-romana-dostoevskogo " target="_blank"> will play a role in his new film "How I Didn't make Crime and Punishment" and expressed admiration for the actor's work in other films. Borisov, in turn, said that he grew up watching the films of the Serbian film director.