The Poet

The Poet (2025) is a Russian biographical drama you can watch online on iFILM — directed by Felix Umarov, with Yura Borisov as Alexander Pushkin at the peak of his celebrity and the start of his troubles. Young, reckless, the most talked-about guest at any St. Petersburg ball: Pushkin's early fame was complete, and he wore it like it would last forever.

It didn't shield him from much. Exile, duels, debt that never went away — the film moves through the real contours of his life without smoothing the edges, tracking him from the glittering debut years to the love affair with Natalia Goncharova that defined his final chapter. Alena Dolgolenko, Anna Chipovskaya, Svetlana Khodchenkova, and Polina Kutepova round out the ensemble. Runtime: 137 minutes.

Borisov has a quality of stillness that makes Pushkin feel less like a national monument and more like someone you might actually lose. Stream The Poet online on iFILM.