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Brief Encounters (film)

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'Brief Encounters' is a 1967 Soviet romantic drama directed by Kira Muratova.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tax66zg6Dns&t=8m58s tut.by]

A woman and her maid are unknowingly both in love with the same man, played by singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. Kira Muratova's debut feature film was banned by Soviet censors for 20 years before getting an official premiere during 'glasnost'.[http://www.isrageo.com/2014/05/21/viso040/ . .]

Plot



After leaving their native village, Nadia and her friend travel to the big city. Along the way, Nadia gets a job in a teashop and meets Maxim, a charming and educated young geologist of whom she becomes enamored. However, Maxim already has a woman he loves, local district committee leader Valya. When Nadia leaves the tea shop and ends up in Valya's town, the latter hires her as a maid and puts her up at her house, while Valya is not aware that they have Maxim in common.

Cast



*Nina Ruslanova Nadia

*Vladimir Vysotsky Maxim

*Kira Muratova Valentina

*Lydia Bazilskaya Lyubka

*Olga Viklandt hairdresser

*Alexey Glazyrin Semyon Semenovich, geologist

*Valery Isakov Styopa, barman

*Svetlana Nemolyaeva Lelia, manicurist

*Lyudmila Ivanova Lidia Sergeevna, fortune-telling neighbor

Awards



1987: Nika Award Nina Ruslanova for Best Actress

References




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