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Limited Life

1989 · 75 min

A quiet, offbeat Soviet-era curiosity that drifts between gentle comedy and unease, feeling like a strange little world you observe from a distance.

Directed by
Alexey Rudakov
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marina Zudina, Oleg Menshikov, Evdokiya Germanova
Overview
A story about young girl Masha who is living in abandoned house and surrounded by the very strange company...

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Directed by
Alexey Rudakov
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marina Zudina, Oleg Menshikov, Evdokiya Germanova
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • found family
    • identity
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour5
    Realism5
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Alexey Rudakov
    Written by
    Alexey Rudakov
    Starring
    Marina Zudina, Oleg Menshikov, Evdokiya Germanova, Sergey Gazarov, Aleksandr Berda, Sergey Nikonenko, Vladimir Steklov, A. Ardzinba
    Music
    Svetlana Golybina
    Cinematography
    Aleksandr Knyazhinsky
    Runtime
    75 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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