The Portland International Film Festival revealed the first wave of film titles for the upcoming 41st edition which begins on Thursday, February 15th and will run through Thursday, March 1, 2018.
The Death of Stalin (2017)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
NAME OF FILM: THE DEATH OF STALIN
DIRECTOR(S): Armando Iannucci
STARRING: Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend, Olga Kurylenko, Jason Isaacs
GENRE: Foreign Film
SYNOPSIS: The internal political landscape of 1950’s Soviet Russia through a darkly comic lens. In the days following Stalin’s collapse, his core ministers tussle for control; some want positive change, others have more sinister motives. Their one common trait? They’re all just desperately trying to remain alive.