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The Girl and the Echo (1964)

The Girl and the Echo poster
Original title
Paskutinė atostogų diena
Directed by
Arūnas Žebriūnas
Genre
drama film, melodrama, children's film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A girl spends her final day of summer vacation at a seaside resort. She meets a young boy and their brief connection stirs up feelings of first love and impending loss.

poignantbittersweetintrospectiveslow-pacedmelancholictendervisually poeticatmospheric

What happens

The Girl and the Echo (Russian: Девочка и эхо, romanized: Devochka i ekho; alternative title: The Last Day of Vacation, Lithuanian: Paskutinė atostogų diena) is a 1964 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Arūnas Žebriūnas and produced by Lithuanian Film Studios. It is based on a short story Echo by Yury Nagibin, who also wrote the screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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