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The Siberian Woman

1973 · 138 min

A slow, earnest Soviet drama about ideals and bureaucracy, with a serious, talky atmosphere and a strong sense of place.

Overview
Maria Odintsova, a young engineer, is a leader, secretary of the district committee of a small district, which is beginning to acquire important economic significance: it is decided to build a large hydroelectric power plant here. The heroine's conflict with the head of construction arises because of their different attitudes to the possibilities of using and preserving natural resources.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • environment
  • politics
  • power
  • work
  • morality
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alexey Saltykov
Written by
Afanasiy Salynskiy
Starring
Valeriya Zaklunnaya, Yevgeny Matveyev, Roman Gromadskiy, Olga Prokhorova, Rimma Markova, Sofiya Pilyavskaya, Boris Kudryavtsev, Sergei Kurilov
Music
Andrey Eshpay
Cinematography
Gennadi Tsekavyi, Viktor Yakushev
Runtime
138 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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