Synopsis
Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
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Cast
- Milan MarićSergei Dovlatov
- Danila KozlovskyDavid
- Helena SujeckaElena Dovlatova
- Eva GerrKatya Dovlatova
- Arthur BeschastnyIosif Brodskiy
- Anton ShaginAnton Kuznetsov
- Svetlana KhodchenkovaActress - Dovlatov's friend
- Elena LyadovaYoung editor
- Igor MityushkinSholom Shvarts - artist
- Piotr GąsowskiSemyon Aleksandrovich
Recommandations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
A dreamy, compelling, often wry look at a writer. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
[A] forceful presentation of an ever-timely topic. - 70
Screen Daily
This slow-burning, pensively drifting evocation of the times of Sergei Dovlatov is not a conventional portrait, still less a biopic, but an imaginatively realistic recreation of a bygone era of Russian culture. - 70
Variety
It’s easy to simply be mesmerized by German’s exceptional talent for stage blocking and camera movements, yet while there’s much here to appreciate, the film lacks the power of “Under Electric Clouds” despite being his most emotionally approachable work to date. - 67
The Film Stage
German uses this six-day window to evoke a specific time and place, and through that specificity, he creates a satisfying ode to the struggle and resilience of creating art. - 63
Slant Magazine
According tot he film, truly courageous artists aren't necessarily the ones who tackle the state head-on, but rather the ones who stay true to themselves even when no one likes what they have to say. - 60
CineVue
No doubt many will find German’s approach pretentious and overly repetitive. - 50
RogerEbert.com
With its script (co-written by German and Yulia Tupikina) that lacks the traditional structure of a three-part act, Dovlatov managed to evoke in me an overall feeling of internment. Along with it crept in a gloomy mood, gradually formed through the collective frustrations of the time’s hampered dwellers.
