Fool / Дурак

RUSSIA
2014, 110 MIN.

Director & scriptwriter Yuri Bykov
Camera Kirill Klepalov
Design Stanislav Novak
Cast: Artyom Bystrov, Daria Moroz, Natalia Surkova, Yuri Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov, Kirill Polukhin, Maxim Pinsker, Sergey Artsibashev, Liubov Rudenko, Peter Barancheev, Irina Nizina
Producers Alexei Uchitel, Kira Saksaganskaya
Production Rock Films

“Fool” is a film about a simple plumber who is an honest man and struggles with a whole system of officials who are all connected with each other. The question at stake is the life of 800 inhabitants of an old hostel which, most likely, will collapse during the night.

YURI BYKOV
Born in 1981 in Novomichurinsk, Ryazan Region, USSR. Graduated from actors’ department of VGIK (2005, class of V.Grammatikov). Worked at the Luna Theatre, the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre, and the Central Theatre of the Red Army. Arranged sound and worked as sound producer in a recording studio. He made numerous of shorts and advertising video. Winner of national and international film festivals. His filmography includes “Happiness” (2006, short), “The Line” (2007, short), “Evening” (2008, short), “The Boss” (2009, short), “To Live” (2010), “The Major” (2013).

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