SummaryDovlatov charts six days in the life of 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 get crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
Directed By:Aleksey German Jr.
Written By:Aleksey German Jr., Yulia Tupikina
Dovlatov
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Generally Favorable
68
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6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
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25% Mixed
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70
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.
70
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.
Mar 6, 2018
67
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.
Oct 24, 2018
63
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
No doubt many will find German’s approach pretentious and overly repetitive.
Oct 26, 2018
50
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.
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Generally Favorable
6.5
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Jun 9, 2020
8
Dovlatov is a good biographical film about a famous Russian writer. The majority of biographical films are divided into 2 types: either the film tells the whole life of a person or in detail about some period of life. It is type 2 that I consider preferable, as in 2-2.5 hours of conditional timing it is difficult to lay down a whole life of a person. Dovlatov is just such a film, the action of the film unfolds in just a couple of days 1971. Transfer of an era, life and life of Leningrad of the 1970th years simply 10/10. One of the best films about the period of Brezhnev stagnation of society. Just a good film, in which there are only dialogues and internal conflict of the writer, who alone opposes the state structure.
Production Company:
- SAGa
- Metrafilms
- Perviy Kanal
- Message Film
- Art and Pop Corn
- Eurimages
Release Date:Oct 25, 2018
Duration:2 h 6 m
Rating:PG-13
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Awards
Nika Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
East-West: Golden Arch International Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
