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Poster for The Boys

The Boys

1959 · 74 min

A gentle, earnest Soviet childhood tale where small troubles feel momentous and friendship is tested with warmth and sincerity.

Overview
Three boys live in the same house and go to the same school in Kiev. After one of the boys gets in trouble, their friendship is put to a serious test for the first time in their lives.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, family
Directed by
Sulamif Tsybulnik
Written by
Anna Lisyanskaya, Dora Volpert
Starring
Nikolai Chursin, Lidiya Sukharevskaya, Nikolay Dupak, Valentin Grudinin, Aleksandr Khvylia, Mikhail Belousov, Nonna Koperzhynska, Vladimir Alekseyenko
Music
Oskar Sandler
Cinematography
Suren Shakhbazyan
Runtime
74 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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