Underplayed Gems

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
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The catalogue in 3D

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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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