Aleksey KORENEV
Алексей КОРЕНЕВ
Alekseï KORENEV
USSR (Russia), 1972, 268mn 
Colour,
The Long Recess
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Большая перемена

 

 Le Grand changement

 Bolshaya peremena

 
Directed by : Aleksey KORENEV (Алексей КОРЕНЕВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey KORENEV (Алексей КОРЕНЕВ)
Based on G. Sadovnikov's story "I'm Going to People"
 
Cast
Rolan BYKOV (Ролан БЫКОВ) ...Aleksandr Petrykin
Mikhail KONONOV (Михаил КОНОНОВ) ...Nector Severov
Svetlana KRIUCHKOVA (Светлана КРЮЧКОВА) ...Nelli
Yevgeni LEONOV (Евгений ЛЕОНОВ) ...Stepan Lednyov
 
Production : Mosfilm
 
Sites : IMDb, kinopoisk

Plot synopsis
A young history researcher, desperate for a quarrel he had with his fiancée, abandoned the research and went to work in an evening school. Relationships with his students (many of whom are older than him) make him understand life better and ultimately lead him to return to his fiancée.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Les dix plus grandes séries soviétiques, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Des féministes russes revisitent des dialogues de grands classiques du cinéma soviétique, une bulle après l'autre, globalvoices.org, 2019
 
Reviews from Russian viewers

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024

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