The Fool(Movie, 2014)

Name: The Fool
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014
Duration: T01:56:00
Rating: 4

Original title: "Дурак" (Russian/RU)

1h 56min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 4.0/5 (with 110 votes)

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. 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. ()

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About The Fool

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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Trailer for The Fool + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

THE FOOL (Durak) by Yury Bykov - Trailer(Trailer, 1:57)

THE FOOL (Durak) by Yury Bykov - Trailer (Trailer) | трейлер драмы Юрия Быкова ДУРАК, снова в кино с 14 июля (Trailer, RU) | Дурак | Трейлер (Trailer, RU)

Additional Information

Production country: Russia

Made by: Rock Film Studio

Original language: Russian (RU)

Spoken languages: Russian (RU)

Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 11/05/2014 (World premiere: 08/09/2014)

Cast: Artem Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Boris Nevzorov, Daria Moroz, Sergey Artsibashev, Yelena Panova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Aleksandr Korshunov, Kirill Polukhin, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Lyubov Rudenko, Irina Nizina, Pyotr Barancheyev

Director: Yuri Bykov

Producer: Alexei Uchitel

Screenwriter: Yuri Bykov

Film Editor: Yuri Bykov

Director of Photography: Kirill Klepalov

Composer: Yuri Bykov

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Durak"

Keywords: social commentary, domestic violence, apartment building, government, corruption, urban decay, plumber

Budget: 1,300,005 USD

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