The story of a newly graduated Leningrad teacher, Yelena Kuzmina. She goes furniture shopping with her fiance, Petya, and in a fantasy sequence she imagines teaching a class of neat, obedient city schoolchildren.
Is this worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a cold breeze hitting your face, then yes, you should watch this. It’s perfect for people who enjoy visual storytelling and don't mind a bit of old-school propaganda mixed with actual human feeling. If you hate slow pacing or black-and-white films where the sou...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Grigoriy Kozintsev
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is this worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a cold breeze hitting your face, then yes, you should watch this. It’s perfect for people who enjoy visual storytelling and don't mind a bit of old-school propaganda mixed with actual human feeling. If you hate slow pacing or black-and-white films where the sound occasionally goes wonky, you’ll probably want to skip it. It isn't exactly a popcorn flick. ❄️ The city life fantasy The movie starts out so happy it’s almost suspicious. Yelena..."
Yelena Kuzmina
Leonid Trauberg, Grigoriy Kozintsev
Soviet Union
