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La Piste du télégraphe (1994)

La Piste du télégraphe poster
Directed by
Liliane de Kermadec
Genre
drama film, road movie
Country
Russia, France
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1927, a Russian-born woman walks from New York toward Siberia. Along the way she meets a man named John.

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What happens

La Piste du télégraphe (lit. 'The Telegraph Road') is a 1994 French drama film directed by Liliane de Kermadec. A 1927 period road movie with minimal episodic plot, the film follows Russian-born Lisa Alling played by Elena Safonova on foot from New York towards her homeland Siberia, and her encounter with John played by Christopher Chaplin. The film has music by French composer Antoine Duhamel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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