Fool's Day (2014) Fool's Day

Genre

Comedy

Directed by

Aleksandr Baranov

Cast

Aleksey Vesyolkin, Aleksandr Lykov, Antonina Divina, Aleksandr Vorobyov, Svetlana Chuykina

Annotation

The film, based on Nikolay Gogol’s famous novel The Government Inspector (1836), is a comedy of errors, and a blame of the greed, stupidity and pervasive political corruption. Ivan, a heavily indebted hotel doorman, pretends to have a wealthy father who would be eager to pay off his son's debts. Ivan and a debt collector embark on a journey to what is supposed to be Ivan's father's farm. Due to a minor car accident, the two men find themselves in a strange town where they are mistaken for government inspectors and enjoy a grand reception…

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