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At the Breaking Point

1957

A somber, earnest Soviet drama about a boy repeatedly misjudged, watching him struggle toward a fresh start feels patient and quietly hopeful.

Directed by
Nikolai Lebedev
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vyacheslav Zharikov, Nina Drobysheva, Mikhail Yekaterininskiy
Overview
After his father's death, teenager Viktor Tsaplin was sent by his stepmother, who suspected the boy of stealing watches, to an Odessa orphanage. The guys met the new guy unfriendly, and when the teacher's antique watch was missing, Victor was considered the culprit. After enrolling in a nautical school and once going to sea with tipsy fishermen, Victor crashes a boat. He is being expelled from the college. Deciding to start a new life and in a new place, Victor leaves to work as a fireman in Kamchatka.

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Directed by
Nikolai Lebedev
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vyacheslav Zharikov, Nina Drobysheva, Mikhail Yekaterininskiy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Nikolai Lebedev
Written by
Yevgeni Mitko
Starring
Vyacheslav Zharikov, Nina Drobysheva, Mikhail Yekaterininskiy, Yuriy Sorokin, Viktor Geraskin, Lev Zhukov, Albert Yanson, Ivan Dmitriev
Cinematography
Vitaliy Chulkov
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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