Underplayed Gems

A Painter's Wife Portrait (1982)

A Painter's Wife Portrait poster
Original title
Портрет жены художника
Directed by
Aleksandr Pankratov
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Soviet painter struggles with his creative block and his marriage. The story explores his relationship with his wife and his artistic process in a rural setting.

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What happens

A Painter's Wife Portrait (Russian: Портрет жены художника, romanized: Portret zheny khudozhnika) is a 1981 Soviet romance film directed by Aleksandr Pankratov based on the 1977 story "Берендеев лес" (Berendeyev Forest) by Yuri Nagibin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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