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July Rain (1967)

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Original title
Июльский дождь
Directed by
Marlen Khutsiev
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
0+
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 28-year-old woman named Lena drifts through her life in Moscow, spending time with her boyfriend, her mother, and their circle of intellectual friends. She occasionally talks on the phone with a stranger who once lent her his jacket in the rain, but nothing much changes.

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What happens

July Rain (Russian: Июльский дождь, romanized: Iyulskiy dozhd) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev. July Rain is story about the rather boring life of 28-year old Lena, her mother, her longterm boyfriend Volodya and their intellectual friends - and Zhenya, the stranger she has occasional telephone conversations with since he once lent her his jacket during a heavy rain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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