The Fool

The Fool

2014 · 116 min · RU · 8.0 (241 votes)
Dir. Yury Bykov · Starring Artyom Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov, Kirill Poluhin, Alexander Korshunov · Music Yury Bykov
Drama

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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A raw, unflinching look at one man's desperate fight against a corrupt system. It's a tense, claustrophobic experience that captures the despair of urban decay and the frustration of facing insurmountable odds.

grittytensefrustrateddesperatepropulsivesocial realismurban decay aestheticcharacter-driven dramacorruptionsocial injusticeindividual vs. systemhousing crisis
governmentcorruptionplumbersocial commentarydomestic violenceapartment buildingurban decay
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