Russian Film Week 2019: Great Poetry (and Q&A with director Alexander Lungin)

Two young men, cash collectors on the outskirts of Moscow, spend their lives moving money for other people and betting on cockfights at a dorm for migrant workers. Daydreaming of high ideals, they enrol in a poetry class. Their attempts to find poetry in a prosaic world lead the men to conclude that the only poetic move they can make is... to rob a bank.

A tale of friendship and betrayal in a world where anyone who tries act with integrity ends up looking naive and cruel.

Rating: 18+

Running time: 123 min

Prizes:

Best director (Kinotavr Russian Film Festival 2019): Alexander Lungin

Best actor (Kinotavr Russian Film Festival 2019): Alexander Kuznetsov

Tickets £8 / £5

Tickets can be bought in cash on the door, or in advance at the following link: https://greatpoetry.eventbrite.co.uk