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09/08/2014 Drama 1h 56m
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Overview

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.

  1. Yury Bykov

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Artyom Bystrov

    Nikitin

  2. Natalya Surkova

    Galaganova

  3. Yuriy Tsurilo

    Bogachev

  4. Boris Nevzorov

    Fedotov

  5. Kirill Poluhin

    Matyugin

  6. Alexander Korshunov

    father

  7. Olga Samoshina

    mother

  8. Darya Moroz

    Masha

  9. Sergei Artsybashev

    Tulsky

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Reviews

A review by Reno
Written by Reno on 2016-05-23
> A man's stand between 800 lives and corruption.

It was another Russian film just like the Oscar nominee 'Leviathan' that highlighted the corruption in a city administration, except it had no depth in its narration like that one did. A simple tale that takes place within the 24 hours, but strongly told. From the domestic violence to the political targets, the film extraordinarily portrayed its each character and some of theirs double-cross. Besides, it discloses what the higher and lower class expects from each other, like it is already in order and those who disturb it will be seriously g...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$1,300,005.00

Revenue
$0.00

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