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THE DEATH OF STALIN

Directed by Armando Iannucci

UK, 2018, 1h 47min, DCP

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“It’s funny; ten times funnier, by my reckoning, than it has any right to be, and more riddled with risk than anything that Armando Iannucci has done before, because it dares to meet outrage with outrage.” – Anthony Lane, New Yorker

“… if its subjects bear any resemblance to present-day dictators and authoritarian mugs or thugs around the world, then the movie has hit its archetypal target.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop).

Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast.

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