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The Fool

Play trailer Poster for The Fool 2014,  1h 56m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 93% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 91% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
93% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 91% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Dima, a plumber's assistant, is sent to fix a leak in a derelict building and discovers the structure is near collapse. When he notifies the mayor of the situation, he learns other interests come before ordinary citizens.

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Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine Sep 18, 2015
The Fool (Durak) feels like a realist counterpart to Andrei Zvyagintsev's Leviathan, more accessible as mainstream drama, and more pragmatically critical of a tainted system. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov AV Club Sep 17, 2015
B+
The dialogue is broadly generalized, urgently on point, and bracing in its undisguised diagnostic fury. If you can accept its unabashed didacticism, The Fool plays crisply. Go to Full Review
Farran Smith Nehme New York Post Sep 16, 2015
2.5/4
He may be saddled with an overly ironic title role, but Bystrov is terrific. His cowboy squint and dogged intelligence are enough to give you hope for Russia, although the movie certainly won't. Go to Full Review
C.J. Prince Way Too Indie Jun 6, 2019
8/10
Bykov's script and direction are flawless in this sequence, as with each passing moment the severity of the situation ramps up the intensity. Go to Full Review
Joe Bendel Epoch Times May 20, 2016
4.5/5
Director Bykov's long dark night of soul is completely engrossing and profoundly alarming. Go to Full Review
Adrian Mack Georgia Straight Feb 22, 2016
The Fool unfolds with a powerful, if appalling, logic. Go to Full Review
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Poe S Nov 23, 2018 "The Fool" is good. Really good actually. You will not find too much joy in it, but if a film like this can be produced in Russia, there is hope after all. Yes, it does lacks subtlety and the messages most of the time are shouted at you, but a great story unravels in this not-too-dystopian movie and, even more importantly, an even better ending. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Yuriy Bykov

Director

Sergey Artsibashev

Tulskiy

Pyotr Barancheev

Emelyanov

Nikolay Bendera

Niny Galaganovoy

Nikolay Butenin

Oper

Artyom Bystrov

Dima Nikitin

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The Fool

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Movie Info

Synopsis Dima, a plumber's assistant, is sent to fix a leak in a derelict building and discovers the structure is near collapse. When he notifies the mayor of the situation, he learns other interests come before ordinary citizens.
Director
Yuriy Bykov
Screenwriter
Yuriy Bykov
Production Co
Rock Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 56m
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