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Village Story

1981 · 84 min

A slow, earnest rural drama that weighs hope against hardship, leaving a quiet ache.

Directed by
Vitali Kanevsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sergei Prokhanov, Yelena Solovey, Viktor Pavlov
Overview
The fate of the main character, Grisha Gorelov, a young tractor driver who dreams of happiness for the hardworking people of his village, becomes entangled in a complex knot. He is convinced that there is nothing more important than land that is sown on time, which will yield a harvest and feed everyone...

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Directed by
Vitali Kanevsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sergei Prokhanov, Yelena Solovey, Viktor Pavlov
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 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
  • survival
  • family
  • class
  • ambition
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Vitali Kanevsky
Written by
Viktor Potejkin
Starring
Sergei Prokhanov, Yelena Solovey, Viktor Pavlov, Aleksandr Anisimov, Yefim Kamenetsky, Oleg Stefan
Music
Valery Gavrilin
Cinematography
Nikolai Pokoptsev
Runtime
84 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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