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The Age of Innocence (1977)

The Age of Innocence poster
Original title
Несовершеннолетние
Directed by
Vladimir Rogovoy
Genre
drama film, crime film, teen film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenager returns from military service and his friend from a labor colony. They try to avoid trouble and find their place in the world.

earnestgrittynostalgicmelancholicunderstatedslice-of-lifetendertensehopeful

What happens

The Age of Innocence (Russian: Несовершеннолетние, romanized: Nesovershennoletnie, also called Minors) is a 1976 Soviet film directed by Vladimir Rogovoy and written by Edward Topol. It is not based on the novel The Age of Innocence, instead being a juvenile delinquency film set in the contemporary Soviet Union. Russian teenager Zhenya Prokhorov returns home from military service and his friend Kostya from a corrective labor colony. They try to stay out of trouble and find a place in the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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