The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.

The Humorist

A fight en route to an airport spurs an ordinary Moscow couple to split on a whim. Nikita ends up in Thailand and Zhenya in Berlin and both land in separate love triangles, causing chaos in others' relationships as they try to fix their. But even continents apart, their lives turn out to be more intricately connected than they realize.