Feature Film / Drama / 101 min / 2019
Russia / Latvia / Czech Republic
Director: Michael Idov
Production: Metrafilms, Tasse Film, Sirena Film
Producers: Artem Vasilyev, Andrey Saveliev, Aija Berzina, Alise Gelze, Artemio Benki
DoP: Alexander Šurkala
Editor: Michal Lánský
Data Management · VFX · Colour Grading
It is 1984. Boris Arkadiev is the most famous stand-up comedian in the USSR and a favourite of the government. Caged by the system that censors him on one hand and by public adoration on the other, he slowly begins to lose his mind. Pushed to the edge, Arkadiev fights back the only way he knows how, one joke at a time.