Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie

Emmy winner Ben Whishaw leads this hard-to-believe biographical drama as Eduard Limonov—the radical Soviet poet who became a bum in New York, a sensation in France, and a political antihero in Russia. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2024.

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life story is a journey through Russia, America, and Europe during the second half of the 20th century.

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