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Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper

2019 · 120 min

A warm, earnest sports biopic that builds its drama through quiet perseverance and nostalgic period detail.

Directed by
Vasily Chiginsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alexander Fokin, Yuliya Khlynina, Aleksey Guskov
Overview
An ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the factory, or in the army - he was inevitably put in goal.

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Directed by
Vasily Chiginsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alexander Fokin, Yuliya Khlynina, Aleksey Guskov
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • identity
  • redemption
  • work
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Vasily Chiginsky
Written by
Vladimir Valutsky, Aleksandr Polozov, Oleg Kapanets
Starring
Alexander Fokin, Yuliya Khlynina, Aleksey Guskov, Aleksei Kravchenko, Evgeniy Dyatlov, Vitaliy Khaev, Mikhail Eliseev, Yan Tsapnik
Music
George Kallis
Cinematography
Evgeny Privin, Vyacheslav Lazarev
Runtime
120 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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