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Newcomer (1978)

Newcomer poster
Original title
Приезжая
Directed by
Valeri Lonskoy
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A village driver falls in love with a teacher who moves into his village with her daughter. They start living together, but their happiness is threatened when her ex-husband shows up.

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What happens

Newcomer (Russian: Приезжая, romanized: Priezhaya) is a 1977 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Valeriy Lonskoy. The film tells about the love of the village driver Fyodor for the teacher Mariya, who, together with her daughter, visits his village. They begin to live together. Everything was fine with them, until her ex-husband arrived in the village. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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