Great Poetry
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“Great Poetry” is about two guys who live on the outskirts of Moscow and work as cash collectors. They’re young, lonely, and all they have in the world is each other. They spend their lives moving money for other people. They attend a poetry class at the local cultural center and watch cockfights at a dorm for migrant workers. Their attempts at finding poetry in the prosaic world around lead them to the conclusion that the only poetic move they can make is to rob a bank. The film isn’t about words or rhymes. It’s about friendship and betrayal, and about our vicious and alien world in which anyone who tries to be honest and consistent ends up looking naïve and cruel. It’s about the everpresent and incomprehensible force that — in spite of everything — makes our life so frantic, strange, and lonely
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Cast
19 people
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Viktor
Known for
Better Than Us
Why Don't You Just Die!
Aleksey Filimonov
Lyokha
Known for
Altered
14+
Fyodor Lavrov
Tsypin
Known for
Better Than Us
Chikatilo
Sevastian Bugaev
Pavlik
Yevgeni Syty
Rotniy
Known for
Arrhythmia
Gogol. The Beginning
Nuaim Mohamed Faiz
Ducktape Nopeman
Elena Makhova
Olga
Known for
Corrections Class
Alexandr Topuriya
Kechaev
Also in
The Story About Eugenia And Me
Mute
Mariya Bolshova
Kristina
Also in
Michael Mil
A Portrait Of A Stranger
Seydulla Moldakhanov
Mukhamed
Known for
The Big Game
Kalashnikov AK-47
Sevastyan Bugaev
Pavlik
Known for
Not Like Dad
Andronic Khachiyan
blogger
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Alexandr Lungin Director · Sergey Osipyan Screenplay Stanislav Smirnov Composer
First release June 11, 2019 · Produced in Russia · Production Addressfilm (RU)
Production
Pavel Lungin Studio
Production
Addressfilm (RU)
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Russia
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Original title
Большая поэзия
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 11, 2019
Premiere · Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr
Russia · November 28, 2019
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Poland
October 17, 2019 · Premiere · Warsaw International Film Festival
South Korea
October 10, 2019 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
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