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Pictures From the Provincial Comic’s Life

DirectorPavel Pechenkin

1997
1h 3m
Documentary

When the ambitious dream of a guy from the province about an acting career collides with a cruel reality, most often there is a drama or tragedy. The plot of the film is based on the traditional conflict for the Russian provincial theater: everyone dreams of the role of Hamlet. But if a person is a comedian by nature? What kind of play will the dramaturgy of life push him into? In the credits, the film is designated as "a tragicomedy from the life of artists."

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