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The Bad Good Man (1973)

The Bad Good Man poster
Original title
Плохой хороший человек
Directed by
Iosif Kheifits
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is set in a 19th century resort town. A troubled government official finds himself in a conflict with a local doctor over a woman, which leads to a confrontation that reveals the men's differing values and weaknesses.

broodingmelancholictenseslow-burnatmosphericmoral ambiguityintrospectiverestrainedstylized

What happens

The Bad Good Man (Russian: Плохой хороший человек, romanized: Plokhoy khoroshiy chelovek) is a 1973 Soviet historical drama film based on the novella The Duel by Anton Chekhov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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