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Lushka

1964 · 82 min

A gentle, earnest romance that turns quietly tense as hope meets a criminal's world, leaving a bittersweet ache.

Directed by
Ihor Samborskyi, Leopold Beskodarnyi
Genres
Romance
Starring
Vera Mayorova, Mikhail Derzhavin, Fedor Chekhankov
Overview
The taxi driver Lushka falls in love and, for the sake of that love, is ready to change her life just to be close to the man she loves. It turns out that her chosen one is a criminal. Yet she does not rush to lose hope. Now she understands that, for the sake of love, she must change another person – and she's going for it.

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Directed by
Ihor Samborskyi, Leopold Beskodarnyi
Genres
Romance
Starring
Vera Mayorova, Mikhail Derzhavin, Fedor Chekhankov
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • redemption
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • healing
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance
Directed by
Ihor Samborskyi, Leopold Beskodarnyi
Written by
Lidiya Vakulovskaya
Starring
Vera Mayorova, Mikhail Derzhavin, Fedor Chekhankov, Nina Doroshina, Mykola Talyura, Neonila Hnepovska, Boris Kharitonov, Stanislav Khitrov
Music
Andrey Eshpay
Cinematography
Oleksii Prokopenko
Runtime
82 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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