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Katya Ismailova (1994)

Katya Ismailova poster
Original title
Подмосковные вечера
Directed by
Valery Todorovsky
Genre
drama film
Country
Russia, France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman in a stifling marriage becomes entangled in a passionate affair that leads to a series of desperate acts. It is a story of obsession and its devastating consequences set in 19th century Russia.

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What happens

Katya Ismailova (Russian: Подмосковные вечера, romanized: Podmoskovnyye vechera) is a 1994 Russian drama film directed by Valery Todorovsky. It is based on the novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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