Underplayed Gems

A Leap Year (1962)

A Leap Year poster
Original title
Високосный год
Directed by
Anatoly Efros
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

On New Year's Eve in a Soviet provincial city, three families gather to celebrate while a veteran driver prepares for a work trip. Their seemingly ordinary holiday plans are shattered by a series of tragic events that violently intertwine their lives and leave them struggling to cope with loss.

melancholicbittersweettragicsomberslow-burndramaticintimaterealistic

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