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
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.
slow-burnbleakearthymelancholicintimategroundedrestrained
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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