Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982)

Original title

Полеты во сне и наяву

Directed by

Roman Balayan

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in his middle years questions his life choices and feels trapped by his daily routine. He drifts between memories, fantasies, and awkward real-life encounters with people from his past.

introspectivemelancholiccontemplativerealisticslow-pacedpoignantwistfulreflective

What happens

Flights in Dreams and Reality (Russian: «Полёты во сне и наяву», romanized: Polyoty vo sne i nayavu) is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Roman Balayan, written by Viktor Merezhko, dealing with the subject matter of midlife crisis. The film features many highly acclaimed Soviet/Russian actors, with Oleg Yankovsky in the starring role, as well as Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Tabakov, Aleksandr Adabashyan and Oleg Menshikov in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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