The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on a romance with her children’s romantic tutor. (2) “Nerves”. Haunted by tales of the supernatural, Vaksin can’t sleep and is found in the morning napping on the governess’s chest. (3) “The Avenger”. A husband plans to kill his unfaithful wife but abandons the plot when he dreads the punishment to come. (4) “The Proposal”. A tragicomic matchmaking tale of landowner Lomov wooing his neighbor’s daughter.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrei LadyninDirector
- Sergei SolovyovDirector
- Alexandr SheynWriter
- Alexandr SheynDirector
- Arkadi StavitskyScreenplay
- Andrei LadyninScreenplay
- Isaac SchwartsOriginal Music Composer
- Sergei SolovyovScreenplay
Cast
- Alisa FreyndlikhCast
- Vyacheslav TikhonovCast
- Nikolay BurlyaevCast
- Nikolai GritsenkoCast
- Raisa KurkinaCast
- Lidiya SukharevskayaCast
- Andrey MironovCast
- Valentin GaftCast
- Alla BudnitskayaCast
- Igor YasulovichCast
- Georgi BurkovCast
- Anatoliy PapanovCast