Office Romance (1977)
- Original title
- Служебный роман
- Directed by
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Genre
- drama film, romantic comedy
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 267 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.
How it feels
A stern female bureau chief and a meek male employee start off disliking each other but gradually fall in love. The movie shows their everyday office life and changing relationship in 1970s Moscow.
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What happens
Office Romance (Russian: Служебный роман, romanized: Sluzhebny roman) is a 1977 Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film's plot is based on the stageplay Co-workers (Сослуживцы) written by Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky, and tells the story of Ludmila Kalugina, head of a statistical bureau, and her subordinate, economist Anatoly Novoseltsev, who come from mutual aversion to love. Filmed at Mosfilm in 1976 and released in 1977, Office Romance was a box office success, the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1978 and still enjoyed wide popularity in the former Soviet republics. Both romantic drama and screwball comedy, the film is noted for its scenes of Moscow in the late 1970s, and for its comical depiction of the everyday life and customs of Soviet society during the Era of Stagnation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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