''Dovlatov'' (russian: Довлатов) is a 2018 Russian

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about writer Sergei Dovlatov, directed by Aleksei German and starring Milan Marić and Danila Kozlovsky. It premiered at the

2018 Berlin International Film Festival The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President. American film director Wes Anderson's animated film ''Isle of Dogs'' opened the festival, becoming f ...

in competition on the 17th of February, where it was awarded a

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for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for costume and production design. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Plot

The film tells about a few days in the life of writer Sergei Dovlatov ( Milan Marić) in 1971 Leningrad, on the eve of the emigration of his friend, the future Nobel laureate

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...

(Artur Beschastny). Sergei is determined to stay and lead a normal life with his wife Elena (Helena Sujecka) and daughter Katya (Eva Herr). Dovlatov's manuscripts are regularly rejected by the official media as his point of view is deemed undesirable. His friend is artist David ( Danila Kozlovsky), a fartsovshchik who sells foreign goods on the black market. During this time Sergei tries to buy his daughter a German doll but is not able to find one anywhere.

Cast

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of , based on reviews with an average rating of .

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gives the film a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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