Five evenings
Description: Based on the play by Alexander Volodin. The set is the 1950s. The tangible world of an old communal apartment is recreated onscreen with an incredible accuracy, every thing capturing the flair of the time. The stylized visuals, the curious objects, the amusing inhabitants, so charming and exotic… There are all the marks of the ‘retro’ style, which is always ‘in’. The actors Ludmila Gurchenko and Stanislav Lyubshin succeeded in conveying everything that they couldn’t say openly. The finale allows for different interpretations. Hence the emotions evoked by this impeccably made melodrama appear to be even more poignant.Once Alexander and Tamara were in love. But the war had separated them… Twenty long years after, they meet again, but they lack the courage to admit that their feelings are still alive. Unable to overcome their pride, they try to convince each other that both are doing just fine…

Awards: Stanislav Lyubshin was voted the best actor of 1979 by the readers of the “Soviet Screen” magazine.Best foreign film shown in Poland and Bulgaria, 1979IFF of Young Cinema in Hyères (France) – Best Actor Award to S. Lyubshin, 1979

Special features: Iinerviews with director N.Mikhalkov and production designer A.Adabashyan; Photo album “Camera… Rolling!”; Filmographies; Coming soon on DVD

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