Adam's Rib (1990)

Original title

Ребро Адама

Directed by

Viacheslav Kryshtofovych

Genre

tragicomedy

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet family includes an ailing grandmother, a mother struggling with her personal life, and two daughters each burdened with their own issues. The film shows their daily lives and how they cope with their problems together.

melancholicwrycharacter-drivenfamily-focusedslightly bleakobservationalthoughtfulgrounded

What happens

Adam's Rib (Russian: Ребро Адама, romanized: Rebro Adama) is a 1991 Soviet tragicomedy film directed by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich. The film tells about the life of the Soviet family. The grandmother is sick and needs attention, the mother still can not establish personal life, and the two daughters are full of problems. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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