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The Aristocratic Peasant Girl (1995)

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Original title
Барышня-крестьянка
Directed by
Aleksey Sakharov
Genre
drama film, romance film, historical film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young noblewoman disguises herself as a peasant girl to get close to a landowner's son. Their playful deception leads to romance and social complications in rural Russia.

lightheartedwhimsicalromanticbittersweetmildplayfulold-fashionedgentle

What happens

The Aristocratic Peasant Girl (Russian: Барышня-крестьянка, romanized: Baryshnya-krestyanka) is a 1995 Russian romantic drama film directed by Aleksey Sakharov. It is loosely based on a tale with the same name from Pushkin's The Belkin Tales. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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