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
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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