The Humorist

Name: The Humorist
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2019-03-01
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Daniel Shifrin, Alexandr Marin, Kaspars Kārkliņš, Alexey Agranovich, Vera Idova

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Release Date

3/1/2019

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Drama Comedy

Overview

The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$1,300,000

Revenue

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A caustic portrait of a Soviet comedian caught between state censorship and his own self-sabotaging insecurity, a week of small humiliations that cuts deeper than grand tragedy.