Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie
2024 · Movie · Not Rated · 133 min · ★ 6.4 · 56% critics
This biographical drama follows a larger-than-life writer and political provocateur whose restless life takes him from Russia to America and across Europe. As he shifts between crime, art, love, and radical politics, the story traces a turbulent personal journey against decades of social change.
Based on Limonov
Also known as Limonov · Limonov: The Ballad
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Details
- Original title
- Limonov. La Ballade
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-09-05
- Language
- French
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (83 votes)
About
If you like intense biographical dramas about messy, controversial public figures, this could work for you, especially if titles like De Gaulle or Dalida appeal; Not for you if you want a gentle, easily likable lead.
Pros: globe-spanning true story; provocative central figure; rich historical backdrop | Cons: abrasive subject matter; politically charged themes; episodic life-story feel
Themes
- poet
- biography
- based on true story
- docudrama
- novelist
- blood
- based on real person
Cast & crew
Ben Whishaw
as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov
Viktoriya Miroshnichenko
as Elena
Masha Mashkova
as Anna
Tomas Arana
as Stephen
Corrado Invernizzi
as Lonya
Evgeny Mironov
as Kuznetsov
Andrey Burkovskiy
as Yevgeny Yevtushenko / Poet
Odin Lund Biron
as Ethan/ Editor in Chief
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Radio Host Paris
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
as Intellectual Paris
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov