Another week – another Russian movies to see.
Zhiharka / Жихарка (2006)
Genres/Tags: Short Animation
Director: Oleg Uzhinov
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian or English Audio
Description
Russian folk tale. Fox wanted to eat a little girl named Zhiharka. However, to eat the naughty girl is absolutely impossible. In addition, the fox got a lot of trouble.
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Station for Two / Vokzal dlya dvoikh / Вокзал для двоих (1983)
Genres/Tags: Romantic Comedy
iMDB Rating: 7.9 out of 10 (based on 2634 ratings)
Director: Eldar Ryazanov
Starring: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Basilashvili, Nikita Mikhalkov
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English/Bulgarian/Chinese subtitles
Description
There are three main heroes in this movie: Vera, a waitress; Platon, a pianist; and … a train station where these two people met. The differences in the heroes’ characters and professions, the plight that Platon found himself in (he is to be arrested and undergo trial) trigger a host of both amusing and sad situations which serve as a backdrop for their unfolding love…
The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1983 with a total of 35.8 million ticket sales. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
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