A Spring for the Thirsty 1965 ( 6.9)

A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used. No longer able to find comfort in his memories, he turns all his photographs to face the walls.

Tachanka from the South 1978

Border Under Lock 2019

The film depicts the years before the collapse of the Soviet system and the rebellion against it. Its protagonist is a young man who cannot get along in Soviet society, which is why many people consider him crazy. As a result, he decides to illegally cross the border and finally escape the confines of everyday life, challenging the tired system one last time.

A Men Are a Men 1985 ( 7.5)

The Multiplication Table 2007

A girl and a boy of eight and nine years old live in a lost village in the steppes. The school is four kilometers off-road. The boy's daddy dreams of building a snowmobile, and while the girl's mom drives them sometimes on a horse. So they quarrel, and reconcile for a long journey - like a little peasant with a woman. The reason is any - multiplication table, for example ...

A Melodrama with Attempted Murder 1992

Journalist Tamara Malysheva is deeply unhappy in her personal life with her alcoholic husband, Andrey. The editorial office sends Tamara to a small Ukrainian village to investigate the reasons why a soldier who had just come out of the army stabbed his mother-in-law with an axe and the 11 years of strict prison sentence he received for it. There she meets Yuriy, a man who has been "waiting for her all her life" and with whom she falls in love without looking back. Further events develop.