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Oblomov

1980 · 140 min

A languid, bittersweet immersion into a gentle man's inertia, drifting between wry comedy and quiet heartache.

Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov, Andrei Popov

Overview: St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle whenever he's in the city, and Oblomov's life changes when Stoltz introduces him to Olga, lovely and cultured. When Stoltz leaves for several months, Oblomov takes a country house near Olga's, and she determines to change him: to turn him into a man of society, action, and culture. Soon, Olga and Oblomov are in love; but where, in the triangle, does that leave Stoltz?

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Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov, Andrei Popov

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
love
identity
class
family
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov
Written by: Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Adabashyan
Starring: Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov, Andrei Popov, Yelena Solovey, Avangard Leontyev, Andrei Razumovsky, Oleg Kozlov, Yelena Kleshchevskaya
Music: Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography: Pavel Lebeshev
Runtime: 140 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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