| Brief Description: | Vladimir Menshov's melodrama about the cruel anonymity of city life is
structured in two parts. The first half is set in 1958, as Menshov
charts the interlocking romantic fates of three Russian girls shunned
to a workers' dormitory. Tonya (Raisa Ryazanova) finds grace and
happiness; Ludmila (Irina Muraveva) is trapped in an unhealthy and
oppressive marriage; Katerina (Vera Alentova) is crudely abandoned
when her lover discovers she's pregnant. The second half resumes their
stories and lives 20 years later. Winner of the 1980 Academy Award for
Best Foreign Film. With Alexei Batalov, Alexander Fatiushin and Boris
Smorchkov. Russian with English subtitles. |
