Comédia –GB/FR, 2017 – M/12 – 106 min. V.O. Inglês / Legendado em Português
Realização: Armando Iannucci · Argumento: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows (BD: Fabien Nury, Thierri Robin) · Fotografia: Zac Nicholson · Com: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor.
The second film of Scottish director Armando Iannucci depicts the death of the President of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, on 5 March 1953, and the fight for succession after his death. This political satire gets its inspiration from the comic of the same name written by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin. Armando Iannucci is popular for his political satires like his first film In the Loop or his TV series: The Thick of It or Veep which depicts a fictitious US vice-president and the permanent madness of politics in Washington. This film has created a huge controversy in Russia. The Russian Ministry of Culture cancelled this Franco-Anglo comedy’s first showing just two days before it was due to be released, because it was considered offensive by Russian film makers and politicians. The Death of Stalin brings us back to a genre we thought we had lost, the political satire, which has produced wonderful films like, for example, Duck Soup, The Great Dictator or the more modern ones Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. All of them hilarious!
2018
- Monte Carlo Film Festival
Melhor Realizador
- Festival de Cinema de Gotemburgo:
Nomeado Competição Internacional
- Prémios BAFTA
Nomeado Melhor argumento, Melhor Filme Britânico
2017
-Festival Internacional de Turim:
Prémio FIPRESCI
-Festival Internacional de Toronto:
Nomeado Platform Prize, Armando Iannucci
