Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (2011)

Original title

Жила-была одна баба

Directed by

Andrei Smirnov

Genre

drama film, war film, historical drama

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 36m

Rated

16+

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows a Russian peasant woman from 1909 to 1921. Her life is shaped by hardship and loss during the upheavals of war and revolution.

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What happens

Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (Russian: Жила-была одна баба, romanized: Zhila-byla odna baba) is a 2011 film directed and written by Andrey Smirnov. It tells the story of a Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921. The film was funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Renova Group. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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