The Fool (2014)

Original title

Дурак

Directed by

Yuri Bykov

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

12

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 322 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young plumber discovers a huge crack in a government building that is about to collapse. He tries to warn the authorities and save the residents, but he faces a wall of indifference and corruption.

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What happens

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) and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. This is the third film of writer and director Yury Bykov. The Fool is a 2014 Russian realistic melodrama, and displays the tragic attempt of how integrity and courage cannot fix the corruption of the governments and the indolence of society to combat it. The film received generally positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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