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Love (1991)

Love poster
Original title
Любовь
Directed by
Valery Todorovsky
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage boys navigate love and relationships in late Soviet Moscow. One chases a girl he barely knows while the other gets involved with an older woman.

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What happens

Love (Russian: Любовь) is a 1991 Soviet romance film directed by Valery Todorovsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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