Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic83/100
334 audience votes
Key crew
- Yury BykovDirector
- Yury BykovOriginal Music Composer
- Yury BykovScreenplay
Cast
- Artyom BystrovNikitin
- Natalya SurkovaGalaganova
- Yuriy TsuriloBogachev
- Boris NevzorovFedotov
- Kirill PoluhinMatyugin
- Alexander Korshunovfather
- Olga Samoshinamother
- Darya MorozMasha
- Sergei ArtsybashevTulsky
- Elena Panovadrunkard's wife
- Dmitriy Kulichkovdrunkard
- Ilya IsaevSafronov
Stills
Themes
governmentcorruptionplumbersocial commentarydomestic violenceapartment buildingurban decay