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Monologue (1973)
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Original name: Монолог
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He raises his granddaughter, feeling a great affection for her.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, reflective, melancholic, art house, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, loneliness, scientist, family drama, professor, introspection, reconciliation, estrangement, family relations, isolation, parenting, aging, regret, slice of life, empathy, intimate, redemption, social commentary, minimalism, urban, teenager, mother daughter relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, soviet, dialogue driven
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russian
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