Movie

Office Romance

1977 · 159 min

A gentle, witty slow-burn that balances awkward office comedy with tender midlife romance and a bittersweet look at Soviet daily life.

Overview: Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..
How it feels: Warm, satirical, romantic and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, work, identity, class
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 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: love
work
identity
class
betrayal
Places: workplace
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild