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One Day

2023 · 109 min

A quiet, earnest drama about returning home and trying to rescue someone, carrying a steady undercurrent of regret and hope.

Directed by: Stas Ivanov
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anton Vasilyev, Anton Kuznetsov, Elizaveta Strunina

Overview: After 20 years, Semyon has a family and his own business in Moscow. Returning to his hometown to visit his parents, he accidentally runs into Maya Rodina, Lena's daughter, who lives in an abandoned house and earns a living by singing songs on electric trains. Semyon wants to help Maya and take her with him to Moscow, but faces the resistance of his friend Eduard.

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Directed by: Stas Ivanov
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anton Vasilyev, Anton Kuznetsov, Elizaveta Strunina

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
guilt
class
family
isolation
Places: small town
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Stas Ivanov
Written by: Dmitry Sobolev
Starring: Anton Vasilyev, Anton Kuznetsov, Elizaveta Strunina, Olga Lapshina, Sergej Kolesnikov, Yanina Lakoba, Yuliya Bashorina, Polina Yastrebova
Music: Viktor Skorbenko
Cinematography: Batyr Morgachev
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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