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The Last Meeting

1985

A quiet, talky chamber piece about work, pride and old loyalties, unfolding with patient, melancholy warmth.

Directed by
Ion Ungureanu
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Nikolai Pastukhov, Galina Kozhakina, Aleksandr Razin
Overview
Based on the play of the same name by A. Galin, staged by the Central Academic Theatre of the Soviet Army. Konstantin Ivanovich Ermolayev, who had been driving locomotives for many years, was offered a dispatcher job due to his approaching retirement age. He refuses to accept this and goes to his wartime friend Pankratov for advice.

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Directed by
Ion Ungureanu
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Nikolai Pastukhov, Galina Kozhakina, Aleksandr Razin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • aging
  • friendship
  • identity
  • loyalty
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Ion Ungureanu
Written by
Aleksandr Galin
Starring
Nikolai Pastukhov, Galina Kozhakina, Aleksandr Razin, Valentina Savelyeva, Vladimir Burlakov, Maria Pastukhova, Alexander Petrov, Olga Dzisiko
Cinematography
Andrey Tyupkin
Country
Soviet Union

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