The star, who is seriously ill and beginning a bitter withdrawal from life, takes one of the young men (Rogen) into his house as a gag writer, punching bag, flunky, and nurse.
Sapir's marathon legal proceedings--the 26th judicial hearing in the MOR dispute, an arbitration in London, begins in secrecy in May--opens a window on an enduring feature of Russian life: the bitter battles between clans of politicians and business leaders.