president putina new political biopic to be sold to international distributors at next week's Cannes Film Market, could test how ready the film industry and audiences are to embrace AI.
The drama by Polish director Besarir, also known as Patrick Vega, uses artificial intelligence developed in-house by his technology company AIO to recreate Russian leader Vladimir Putin, marking what the director calls the “first deepfake” feature. I made what I call a movie.
German group Kinostar is responsible for global sales. president putin The film will then be purchased by an international distributor at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Kinostar began selling the film at AFM last year and plans to release the film itself in several European territories.
talk to hollywood reporterBesarir said they used a similarly built Polish actor to film scenes of the Russian leader and used AI technology to “superimpose Putin's face onto the actor, creating a realistic effect at the highest resolution.” However, this was not possible. Traditional cosmetics and prosthetics.
Besarir made a name for himself with slick, violent (and hugely successful) Polish gangster films such as: pitbull and mafia womanHe made his English debut in . president putin. The film is being touted as a political thriller and psychological portrait of a Russian president who sees Putin's life as the rise of the ultimate gangster. (The original title of this movie was law vola term used for elite organized criminals).
The film recreates several real-life events, including the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, the Chechen rug bombing under President Putin's watch, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was filmed by Ukrainian filmmakers during the invasion. Incorporates video footage.
But the film's main focus is Putin himself, or rather Besarir's AI version of Putin, and it's not a pretty picture. The film's trailer shows Putin shivering in a dirty diaper, humiliating his ex-wife Lyudmila Alexandrovna Ocheletnaya by flaunting his affair with his much younger girlfriend Alina Kabaeva, and ruthlessly The director is depicted ordering bombings and political assassinations.
Besarir first announced The film was released in May 2022 in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but he said it took more than two years to develop and train the AI ​​needed to recreate Putin's likeness on screen. The real test of this technology will take place on September 26th. president putin Theatrical release begins in Eastern Europe.