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Start All Over Again

1985 · 72 min

A gentle, music-filled story of artistic integrity and quiet rebellion, with a warm heart and a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Aleksandr Stefanovich
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Starring
Andrey Makarevich, Maryana Polteva, Igor Sklyar
Overview
Bard Nikolai Kovalyov is recognized and loved by young people, but music officials remain deaf to the poet's creativity. A new phase in his life begins with an unexpected meeting.

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Directed by
Aleksandr Stefanovich
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Starring
Andrey Makarevich, Maryana Polteva, Igor Sklyar
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • freedom
  • class
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, music
Directed by
Aleksandr Stefanovich
Written by
Aleksandr Stefanovich, Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Starring
Andrey Makarevich, Maryana Polteva, Igor Sklyar, Aleksandra Yakovleva, Rolan Bykov, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Nikolai Karnaukhov, Michislav Yuzovsky
Cinematography
Vladimir Klimov
Runtime
72 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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