Underplayed Gems

Boys (1990)

Boys poster
Original title
Мальчики
Directed by
Renita Grigoryeva, Yury Grigoryev
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a group of boys in a Russian town whose lives intersect with the moral and philosophical questions raised in Dostoevsky's story. It focuses on their struggles with friendship, betrayal, and a search for meaning.

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What happens

Boys (Russian: Мальчики) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Yuri Grigoryev and Renata Grigoryeva. The film is based on the tenth book of the same name, part four of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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