Love and Pigeons

1984 1h 47m RU

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7.6

BANGER

★7.6TMDB · 154

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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In a remote Siberian village, a work injury sends Vasily Kuziakin on a paid trip to a Black Sea resort as compensation. There, he meets femme fatale Raisa Zaharovna and decides to stay with her. Such is the beginning of a new life for him, exciting and strange, but lacking his home, his wife and children, and his pigeons.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Vasya
Nina Doroshina
Nadya
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Raisa Zakharovna
Sergei Yursky
uncle Mitya
Natalya Tenyakova
grandma Shura
Yanina Lisovskaya
Lyuda
Igor Lyakh
Lyonya
Lada Sizonenko
Olya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vladimir Menshov
Writers: Vladimir Gurkin
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vladimir Menshov, shot by Yuriy Nevskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Valentin Levashov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Regina Pesetskaya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Aleksandr Mikhaylov and Nina Doroshina and Lyudmila Gurchenko carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0087650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Vladimir Menshov directs. Yuriy Nevskiy behind the camera. Valentin Levashov scores. Regina Pesetskaya cuts. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Vladimir Menshov, shot by Yuriy Nevskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Valentin Levashov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Regina Pesetskaya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Aleksandr Mikhaylov and Nina Doroshina and Lyudmila Gurchenko carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0087650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.