Friends of Games and Jokes (1981)
- Original title
- Други игрищ и забав
- Directed by
- Mikhail Nikitin
- Genre
- tragicomedy
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man misses the simple pleasures of his youth and grapples with the quiet disappointments of adult life. The film follows him as he revisits memories and faces the gap between his dreams and his reality in a small Soviet town.
poignantquietly tragicreflectivegentlebittersweetunderstatedhumanisticslow-burn
What happens
«Други игрищ и забав» — советский короткометражный телевизионный художественный фильм, поставленный в 1981 году режиссёром Михаилом Никитиным по мотивам одноимённого рассказа Василия Шукшина. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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