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Bum

1988 · 97 min

It is a quiet, introspective journey into the weight of past choices and lingering connections.

Directed by
Nikolai Skuybin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vladimir Steklov, Tamara Syomina, Valentin Migunov
Overview
After living half of his life, the protagonist remembers that somewhere in a provincial town lives his ex-wife and his grown-up son. He goes to a place where he is neither expected nor remembered.

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Directed by
Nikolai Skuybin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vladimir Steklov, Tamara Syomina, Valentin Migunov
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • isolation
  • family
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nikolai Skuybin
Written by
Valeri Zalotukha
Starring
Vladimir Steklov, Tamara Syomina, Valentin Migunov, Nikita Astakhov, Yuri Klepikov, Sergey Harvat, Vitali Bykov, Leonid Yukhin
Music
Alexander Goldstein
Cinematography
Vadim Alisov
Runtime
97 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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