Underplayed Gems

Five Evenings (1978)

Five Evenings poster
Original title
Пять вечеров
Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1950s Moscow, a man and a woman who were once in love meet again after years apart. Over five evenings, they reconnect and confront the changes in their lives and the reasons they separated.

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What happens

Five Evenings (Russian: Пять вечеров, romanized: Pyat vecherov) is a Soviet romantic drama film by Nikita Mikhalkov in 1978 based on the same name play by Aleksandr Volodin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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