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Sail Away, Little Ship...

1983 · 69 min

A quiet, sorrowful story that slowly warms as lonely grief gives way to small acts of kindness.

Directed by
Grigoriy Aronov
Genres
Family
Starring
Stefaniya Stanyuta, Tatyana Ivanova, Aleksandr Sokolov
Overview
Anna loses her son and husband to war. Her grief-stricken life undergoes a sudden change when three children, tasked with helping the elderly in the city, begin visiting her.

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Directed by
Grigoriy Aronov
Genres
Family
Starring
Stefaniya Stanyuta, Tatyana Ivanova, Aleksandr Sokolov
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • found family
    • family
    • healing
    • war
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    family
    Directed by
    Grigoriy Aronov
    Written by
    Grigoriy Aronov, Sergey Aleksandrovich
    Starring
    Stefaniya Stanyuta, Tatyana Ivanova, Aleksandr Sokolov, Olga Ageeva, Oleg Belov, Gelena Ivlieva, Lyubov Tishchenko, Viktor Chaynikov
    Music
    Igor Tsvetkov
    Cinematography
    Viktor Karasyov
    Runtime
    69 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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