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The Irony of Fate

Movie · 1976 · 184 min

A warm, bittersweet romantic comedy that unfolds with a gentle, melancholic charm, blending absurd coincidences with genuine emotion.

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1976 television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov
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Year
1976
Runtime
184 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • fate
  • isolation
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
tragicomedy, romantic comedy
Directed by
Eldar Ryazanov
Written by
Eldar Ryazanov, Emil Braginsky
Starring
Eldar Ryazanov, Andrey Myagkov, Yury Yakovlev, Barbara Brylska, Liya Akhedzhakova, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Valentina Talyzina, Georgi Burkov
Music
Mikael Tariverdiev
Cinematography
Vladimir Nakhabtsev, Vadim Alisov
Runtime
184 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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