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Without Witness (1983)

Without Witness poster
Original title
Без свидетелей
Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman have a private conversation in a single room. The film follows their emotional confrontation as old secrets and resentments come to light.

tenseclaustrophobicemotionalslow-burnmelancholicintimatedramaticconversational

What happens

Without Witness (Russian: Без свидетелей, translit. Bez svideteley) also known as Private Conversation is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It won the Prix FIPRESCI at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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