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Our Debts

1977 · 89 min

A quiet, regretful return home, heavy with missed chances and the slow ache of a life reconsidered.

Directed by
Boris Yashin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Leonid Markov, Lyudmila Zaytseva, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Overview
An interesting life was lived by Ivan Krutov. He served in the Navy, was a fisherman on trawlers, and visited many countries. For the first time, having felt the approach of old age, I remembered my native village. And when he arrived, it turned out that the mother died three years ago, beloved Katerina got married and brings up his daughter. Ivan realized that he had not made a single person happy, and realizing this, he tried to start another, new life ...

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Directed by
Boris Yashin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Leonid Markov, Lyudmila Zaytseva, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • guilt
    • family
    • aging
    • redemption
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Boris Yashin
    Written by
    Eduard Volodarskiy
    Starring
    Leonid Markov, Lyudmila Zaytseva, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Natalya Andreychenko, Nikolay Penkov, Sergey Nikonenko, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Akhanov
    Music
    Boris Chaikovsky
    Cinematography
    Dilshat Fatkhulin
    Runtime
    89 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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