Laugh or Die

Laugh or Die

2018•1h 41m•6.8/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(4)

Under the threat of death a serious and vane art-house film director is forced to direct a comedy, which would make a group of experts with no sense of humour laugh.

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Production

Gagarin Media Film Company, Ukrainian State Film Agency

Language

UK

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Oleksandr Miroshnychenko

Сава

Anastasiia Yevtushenko

Anastasiia Yevtushenko

Бебе

Viktor Storozhenko

Бобо

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