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Strange People (1969)

Strange People poster
Original title
Странные люди
Directed by
Vasily Shukshin
Genre
drama film, anthology film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is made up of three short stories. Each one follows a different unusual person living in a rural village. These people have rich inner lives and the stories explore their quiet, everyday peculiarities.

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What happens

Strange People (Russian: Странные люди, romanized: Strannye lyudi) is a 1969 Soviet drama film directed by Vasily Shukshin. The film consists of three short stories, the main characters of which are strange people who live in a village and have a rich inner world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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