Russian Movies Weekend #14

The first movie of this week is one of my favorites. The only problem for foreign people will be understanding of all idioms and accents of people in it, but the humor is pretty international.

Love and Pigeons / Lyobov i Golubi / Любовь и голуби (1985)

Genres/Tags: Comedy, Romance
iMDB Rating: 8.1 out of 10 (based on 3633 ratings)
Director: Vladimir Menshov
Starring: Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Nina Doroshina, Lyudmila Gurchenko
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles

Description

Vasily Kuzyakin (Alexander Mikhailov), an amateur pigeon breeder, lives in a small town with his wife Nadezhda and three children: Lyuda, who has returned from the city after parting with her husband, Lyonka, and Olya, her father’s favorite. When Vasily is injured at work, he is given a ticket to a seaside resort. While on holiday, Vasily meets a woman from the city named Raisa Zakharovna (Lyudmila Gurchenko), with whom he eventually has an affair…

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Three from Prostokvashino: The Trilogy / Troye iz Prostokvashino / Трое из Простоквашино (1978-1984)

Genres/Tags: Animation, Short, Adventure
iMDB Rating: 8.2 out of 10 (based on 2641 ratings)
Creators: Vladimir Popov, Eduard Uspenskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Valentina Talyzina, Mariya Vinogradova
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles

Description

Little Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother’s distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.

Three from Prostokvashino

Vacations in Prostokvashino

Winter in Prostokvashino

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