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How Do You Do

1988 · 29 min

A sober, interview-driven look at a hidden world, asking uncomfortable questions with a detached, observational calm.

Directed by
Sergey Baranov
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Pyotr Mamonov
Overview
About prostitution in late USSR. Who are they? Why are they doing it? Are they ashamed? What do foreigners feel and want from it?

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Directed by
Sergey Baranov
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Pyotr Mamonov
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    • class
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    • survival
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    adult
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    • true story
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    • Language mild
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    Genres
    documentary, tv movie
    Directed by
    Sergey Baranov
    Written by
    Valentin Yumashev, Irina Vedeneeva
    Starring
    Pyotr Mamonov
    Cinematography
    Sergei Gusev
    Runtime
    29 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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