Emmanuel Carrère’s biographical novel of Eduard Limonov is called The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia. Phew. That’s a lot of story to adapt and fit into 138 minutes.
Taking on this onerous task is Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, whose filmography includes Petrov’s Flu and Summer. And this film has some of his familiar elements, such as the use of animation interspersed with the live action, usually to signal chapter headings or place names.
