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Criterion Channel
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40
7.3
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64
/21/
64
/29/
3.9
/3386/

The Long Farewell (1987)
A single mother is confused by the changes in her teenage son, who has become distant since spending summer vacation with his father.
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Criterion Channel
61
34
6.5
/1597/
57
/27/
54
/36/
3.8
/2624/
58
/6/

The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher of epicly indifferent pupils, has got it, and it's not much fun.
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Criterion Channel
72
32
7.2
/1352/
65
/24/
57
/27/
3.7
/3032/
96
/3/

Brief Encounters (1967)
Country girl Nadia moves to the city and becomes a maid in Valya's apartment. Valya, who is a member of the local District Committee, does not know that Nadia fell in love with her currently absent husband, a geologist named Maksim, when he had visited Nadia's village during a recent expedition.
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Criterion Channel
74
27
7.5
/1346/
72
/18/
64
/25/
3.8
/1473/
83
/1/

The Tuner (2004)
A young piano tuner befriends two rich old-ladies, and plots, with the help of his girlfriend, to betray their trust and steal from them.
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63
21
7.1
/399/
62
/8/
46
/14/
3.8
/1368/

Getting to Know the Big Wide World (1978)
On a rough and tumble construction site for a new factory, the conversation flows and love blooms for trio Lyuba, Misha, and Kolya. In the liminal space of their workplace, they build material and intangible connections.
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51
21
6.8
/341/
10
/1/
30
/11/
3.4
/273/
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Passions (1994)
Blonde Lilia and brunette Violetta are fascinated by horse racing, and the young racers are more than a little attracted to them, too. However, the worlds of sporting and romance don't always coexist peacefully as the two girls learn the hard way through a series of touching, surreal, and sometimes heartbreaking encounters. One of the most beautifully photographed Russian films in recent years, this acclaimed modern classic was hailed at numerous film festivals including the Berlin Film Festival and Russia's Kinotavr Festival, where it won the Jury and Critics Prizes. Amazon
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Criterion Channel
65
20
7.0
/934/
64
/9/
60
/17/
3.7
/1149/
62
/1/

Three Stories (1997)
A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor whom he has just murdered after a quarrel. An orphaned girl gets a job in the archives of the maternity home to find out the identity of her mother who abandoned her years earlier. She finds her, befriends her and takes the first opportunity to throw her into the sea. An old intellectual tries to explain to the neighbor’s five-year-old daughter “all the abomination of her lumpen existence”. The girl feeling hurt for her mother decides to poison the old man with arsenic.
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51
8
6.8
/394/
25
/2/
41
/11/
3.5
/281/

Chekhovian Motifs (2002)
The film is based on A. P. Chekhov’s play “Tatiana Repina” and short story “Difficult People”. At his wedding, the groom is horrified to see among the church crowd his former mistress who had recently committed suicide.
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6
6.6
/346/
40
/2/
21
/10/
79
/5/

Two in One (2007)
This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one. Two in One's two parts, "Stagehands" and "Woman of a Lifetime," celebrate the psychological richness that lurks just beneath the surface of banal reality - if murderous stagehands, lascivious fathers and vengeful daughters can be described as banal.
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8.6
/44/
10
/1/
55
/5/

Russia (1972)
The first uncensored documentary about the Soviet Union ever made by an outsider. The film takes viewers to 12 of the 15 states of the former USSR.
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6.5
/81/
10
/1/
32
/5/

By the Ravine (1962)
Senya, a young hunter, hunts for two wolves that have been preying on sheep of various farms in Siberia. Kira Muratova and husband Oleksandr Muratov's diploma film.
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7.8
/35/
60
/1/
40
/2/

Dummy (2007)
A strange man intervenes between ex-spouses on a matter directly related to a large sum of money one of them had secured after selling a piece of property.
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49
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6.1
/115/
41
/6/
28
/5/
3.4
/209/

Letter to America (1999)
Two friends from Odesa try to compose a video message to their pals, emigrants to the United States. One of them rents his apartment to a tricky girl who invents various excuses not to pay the rent. An exceptional story about people on the verge of despair who nonetheless manage to enjoy life, even if these joys are beyond good and evil.
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67
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6.8
/313/
80
/4/
51
/7/
3.5
/413/

Eternal Homecoming (2013)
A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously burlesque mise-en-scène is repeated many times but each time in a different place and performed by new actors. Why?
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66
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6.4
/124/
80
/1/
54
/5/

The Certificate (2005)
One day, Grigori appears at the hospital in a state of excitement and informs her that his mother has died. Margarita, who also knew this friendly old lady, is saddened at the news. On the other hand, the announcement makes her hopeful that things might just work out for her and Grigori after all.
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6.6
/41/
40
/2/

Spring Rain (1958)
A sweet romance unfolds between two young factory workers who meet on a train and set out to discover their city together before the young woman must return to her flat.
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63
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6.8
/370/
62
/4/
49
/9/
3.6
/282/

Melody for a Street Organ (2009)
Two young orphan siblings travel to Moscow in search of their missing father. Scared of being separated and sent to orphanages, they hope to reunite with the last link of their shattered family.
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Criterion Channel
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6.8
/235/
62
/4/
33
/7/
3.5
/257/

Among Grey Stones (1983)
A judge is devastated after the death of his wife and is neglectful of his children. His son befriends the children of a street beggar who live in an abandoned, derelict church. After his experience with his new friends, the young boy begins to feel sorry for his father and sympathizes with his loneliness.
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6.4
/74/
30
/2/
35
/2/

Our Honest Bread (1964)
Makar has spent years overseeing work at a collective farm. After he is asked to retire, it is time for Makar's son to take the reins. Yet the farm workers' hopes are soon dashed, and it is up to Makar to right the ship.
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44
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6.8
/171/
25
/2/
36
/7/

The Sentimental Policeman (1992)
In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odesa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an unusually affectionate and cozy relationship, decide to try and adopt the little one. What they must go through to accomplish that goal is anything but straightforward.
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55
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7.1
/233/
50
/3/
29
/8/
3.6
/313/

Second Class Citizens (2001)
The movie examines the lives of the not-so-fortunate dregs of society through absurdist comedy. The unfortunates of the title are mentally challenged people, some of whom could be termed insane - or merely inane.
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Criterion Channel
39
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6.8
/195/
5
/2/
39
/9/

Change of Fate (1987)
A lawyer defends a wealthy woman accused of murder. She claims it was self-defense. The lawyer is not sure.


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