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Little Comedies in a Big House

1974 · 154 min

A gentle, talky stage-like mosaic of everyday family moments, wry and affectionate, best enjoyed with attention to its small human jokes.

Directed by: Andrey Mironov, Aleksandr Shirvindt
Genres: Family, Drama, Romance
Starring: Andrey Mironov, Spartak Mishulin, Aleksandr Shirvindt

Overview: Theatrical movie based on an ordinary life of an average soviet family

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Directed by: Andrey Mironov, Aleksandr Shirvindt
Genres: Family, Drama, Romance
Starring: Andrey Mironov, Spartak Mishulin, Aleksandr Shirvindt

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
work
class
identity
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: family, drama, romance, comedy, tv movie
Directed by: Andrey Mironov, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Valentin Pluchek
Written by: Arkadi Arkanov, Grigori Gorin
Starring: Andrey Mironov, Spartak Mishulin, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Anatoliy Papanov, Mikhail Derzhavin, Tatyana Pelttser, Boris Kumaritov, Nadezhda Karataeva
Runtime: 154 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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