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Djamila (1969)

Djamila poster
Original title
Джамиля
Directed by
Irina Poplavskaya, Sergei Yutkevich
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During World War II in a remote Kyrgyz village, a young war veteran returns home to find his brother's wife Jamilya has fallen in love with another man. The film follows their forbidden romance and its impact on the narrator who observes them.

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What happens

Jamilya (Russian: Джамиля) is a 1968 Soviet war romance film directed by Sergei Yutkevich and Irina Poplavskaya. The film is based on the 1958 novel Jamila by Chingiz Aitmatov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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