The Beginning (1970)

Original title

Начало

Directed by

Gleb Panfilov

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A factory worker and aspiring actress falls for a married man. She gets a chance to star in a film about Joan of Arc.

melancholicbittersweetearnestreflectiveslow-burnromanticpoignantgrounded

What happens

The Beginning (Russian: Начало, romanized: Nachalo) is a 1970 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov and starring Inna Churikova as Pasha, a factory worker and small-time actress whose life is transformed first by falling in love with Arkady (Leonid Kuravlyov), who she would later learn is married, and then by being offered the lead in a feature film about Joan of Arc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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