An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)

Original title

Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино

Directed by

Nikita Mikhalkov

Genre

drama film

Country

West Germany, Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of old friends gather at a country estate for a summer weekend. Boredom and unspoken resentments surface as they drift through conversations and flirtations, leading to emotional confrontations and regret.

melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebittersweetnostalgicwistfulatmosphericquietly intense

What happens

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (Russian: Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино, romanized: Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who also co-stars. It is based on Anton Chekhov's Platonov, as well as several of his other short stories. It was filmed at Pushchino-Na-Oke (Artsebashev Estate), Pushchino, Russia, which was dilapidated in the film and is now abandoned. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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