Yuri Bykov’s 2014 Russian-language film “The Fool” has been acquired by MGM’s Orion Television to be adapted into an English-language series.
The film follows Dima Nikitin (Artyom Bystrov), an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
“The Fool” had a stellar festival run and won multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival and Les Arcs European Film Festival, besides many other accolades worldwide and at home in Russia. It was produced by Rock Films, Alexey Uchitel and Kira Saksaganskaya.
Bykov’s 2013 Cannes title “The Major,” also produced by Rock Films, was previously adapted by Netflix into the Emmy winning series “Seven Seconds,” winning Regina King the Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie and a Golden Globe nomination in the same category.
The film follows Dima Nikitin (Artyom Bystrov), an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
“The Fool” had a stellar festival run and won multiple awards at the Locarno International Film Festival and Les Arcs European Film Festival, besides many other accolades worldwide and at home in Russia. It was produced by Rock Films, Alexey Uchitel and Kira Saksaganskaya.
Bykov’s 2013 Cannes title “The Major,” also produced by Rock Films, was previously adapted by Netflix into the Emmy winning series “Seven Seconds,” winning Regina King the Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie and a Golden Globe nomination in the same category.
- 1/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Are we in the midst of a new Russian cinematic wave? It’s starting to feel that way. It hasn’t been a full year since Andrey Zvyagintsev’s astounding “Leviathan” premiered at Cannes on its way to a Golden Globe win and an Academy Award nomination. But while the film stormed through the festival circuit last year, Zvyagintsev’s David vs. Goliath tale was an unwitting Goliath to Yuriy Bykov’s David. A smaller film in almost every respect and less sophisticated in execution but unquestionably cut from the same cloth, Bykov’s “The Fool” tells the story of one man’s desperate attempt to save 800 tenants living in a dangerously dilapidated building. It’s another thunderous win for Russian cinema, mercilessly tearing at the stitches of a country’s political system to reveal a festering wound. In an unnamed Russian town one long night, Dima’s (Artyom Bystrov...
- 3/20/2015
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
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