Avertissement de contenu : maladie mentale, consommation d'alcool, incarcération pour cause de maladie mentale
Est-ce les vêtements qui font un homme, ou est-ce autre chose ?
Based on the satirical Nikolai Gogol story of the same name, The Overcoat centres on Akakiy Akakiyevich, a diligent man no one likes, who works the numbers best he can. But he can barely pay th...
Akakiy révèle sa fascination pour les chiffres, et le chœur annonce qu'ils aideront à comptabiliser les choses. Sa propriétaire entre pour lui apporter de la soupe aux choux - et plus encore, ce qu'il refuse.
Akakiy gets caught in rush hour and arrives late to find the head the department telling a sad story about encountering a homeless vagrant. Annoyed at being interrupted, the head of the department grills Akakiy on his little notebook of numbers. Akakiy explains he was using it to find ways to save money, which gives the head an idea. He’ll cu...
After days of near catatonia in his cold apartment, the landlady asks Petrovich to repair Akakiy’s old coat, to no avail. Even his coworkers arrive to check in, but by then, Akakiy is unreachable. Akakiy is committed to a mental hospital. Once he arrives, the other residents encourage him to look at things a little differently. It turns out h...