Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2018)

Brilliant comedy about the absurdity of totalitarianism. It deals with the final night of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, and the power struggle that took place between his potential successors. Everyone is scared to speak reality for fear of being caught and punished. As the story progresses, some of the character's learn how to speak their mind freely and disobey the will of the state in order to create a new state - and others fail to learn and sew the seeds of their destruction.
After the movie I did a lot of reading about the actual history of the characters and learned a lot of fascinating history.
There seems to be a lot of hate on this film for how it portrays the Soviet Union - but I felt it was funny and heartfelt and eye opening. Not propaganda.