| The Fool | |
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| Directed by | Yuri Bykov |
| Written by | Yuri Bykov |
| Produced by | Alexey Uchitel Kira Saksaganskaya |
| Starring | Artyom Bystrov Boris Nevzorov Natalya Surkova Kirill Polukhin Yuri Tsurilo Darya Moroz Irina Nizina Alexander Korshunov Maxim Pinsker Sergei Artsibashev Olga Samoshina Yelena Panova Ilya Isaev Dmitry Kulitchkov Pyotr Barancheev |
| Cinematography | Kirill Klepalov |
| Edited by | Yuri Bykov |
| Music by | Yuri Bykov |
| Distributed by | Rock Studios Bazelevs Premium Film |
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Running time | 116 minutes[3][4] |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $1.3 million |
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.
- ^ "2014 Schedule" (PDF). Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ "Durak". Festival del film Locarno. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ "The Fool (programme note)". Vancouver International Film Festival. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ "The Fool". m-appeal. Retrieved 2015-01-05.