Wings (1966)

Original title

Крылья

Directed by

Larisa Shepitko

Genre

drama film, art film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired female fighter pilot from World War II struggles to adjust to her mundane life as a school principal in a small Soviet town. She feels disconnected from the younger generation and haunted by her past glory.

introspectivemelancholicslow-burncontemplativequietly intensebleakpersonalcharacter-driven

What happens

Wings (Russian: Крылья, tr. Kryl'ya) is a 1966 Soviet black and white drama film directed by Soviet filmmaker Larisa Shepitko, her first feature film made after graduating from the All-Russian State Institute for Cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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