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The Fool (Russian: Дурак, romanized: Durak) is a 2014 Russian crime drama film written and directed by Yuri Bykov. It had its international premiere at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Best Actor Award (Bystrov). This is the third film of writer and director Yury Bykov.
With Artyom Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov. Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
- (17K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Yuriy Bykov
- 2015-09-16
Mar 16, 2015 · An engineering student discovers two massive cracks in a decaying provincial housing project but is stymied in his attempts to avert a catastrophe in this stinging rebuke to the endemic corruption...
- 2 min
- 83.1K
- Film at Lincoln Center
The Fool. Reviewed by: Richard Mowe. "Seizes the attention from the brutal opening – and refuses to let go for an instant." Tweet. This is one of the most powerful titles so far in the Locarno competition – a visceral exploration of corruption running right through Russian society.
Aug 9, 2014 · An astute and highly watchable story of an honest man who makes the ‘foolish’ mistake of trying to change the mindset of an entire system of corrupt bureaucrats, Yury Bykov’s The Fool (Durak ...
Dec 11, 2014 · The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
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