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House Arrest is a 2021 Russian comedy drama film directed by Aleksey German Jr. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
A world-weary man’s self-imposed home confinement becomes a comedy of errors with the simultaneous arrivals of a peculiar package and a curious journalist. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Shashanka Ghosh, Samit Basu
Sep 23, 2021 · Delo: Directed by Aleksey German Jr.. With Merab Ninidze, Anna Mikhalkova, Roza Khayrullina, Svetlana Khodchenkova. Follows a Russian professor who takes to social media to criticize his city's administration. He soon finds himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Aleksey German Jr.
- 2021-09-23
Sep 23, 2021 · David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest.
Aleksey German Jr.’s wry satire of contemporary Russia sees an academic confined to his apartment after daring to draw a bureaucrat in a salacious arrangement with an ostrich. With its spatial limits outsized by timely themes, House Arrest is a David-and-Goliath tale of censorship and injustice.
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city's administration. But instead of the mayor's dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement...
- Drama
Jul 9, 2021 · Movie Reviews. ‘House Arrest’ (‘Delo’): Film Review | Cannes 2021. Director Aleksey German Jr. and actor Merab Ninidze team up once again for this portrait of a man persecuted by the Russian...
