Movie

The Idiot(s)

2026 · 118 min

A wry, melancholy portrait of a genius's messy marriage, watching love and money drain away in elegant European limbo.

Overview: Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna travel to Europe for their honeymoon and end up staying in a health resort in Switzerland, only to return to Russia after four years. Fyedya can’t shake his roulette habit and keeps losing their money. His wife accepts this fate since he keeps assuring her that it’s all for inspiration and soon he shall write his to-be masterpiece, 'The Idiot'.
How it feels: Melancholic, satirical, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Addiction, art, love, obsession
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
art
love
obsession
betrayal
Places: single country house
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild