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Bread (1988)

Bread poster
Original title
Хлеб - имя существительное
Directed by
Grigori Nikulin
Genre
drama, history, tv movie
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
9h 48m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows life in a large Volga village from the early 1900s through the mid-1930s. It shows the struggles and changes the community experiences over decades.

episodicnostalgicsweepingmelancholicslow-pacedgroundedgrittyhistorical

What happens

«Хлеб — имя существительное» — советский цветной восьмисерийный телевизионный художественный фильм Григория Никулина о жизни большого приволжского села от начала века XX века до середины 1930-х годов по мотивам романов и повестей Михаила Алексеева «Хлеб — имя существительное», «Вишнёвый омут», «Карюха», «Драчуны». (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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