Ottepel (2013)

Original title

Оттепель

Directed by

Valery Todorovsky

Genre

melodrama

Country

Russia

Runtime

55 min

Rated

16+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 17 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

This is a TV series set in the Soviet Union during the 1960s Khrushchev Thaw. It follows the lives and relationships of film artists working in the industry at that time.

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What happens

The Thaw (Russian: Оттепель, romanized: Ottepel) is a Russian television series which debuted in 2013. Valery Todorovsky debuted as a TV director with it. The 12-episode series is a melodrama about life in the Soviet Union during the Khrushchev Thaw, specifically about film artists of the age. Relational is that Todorovsky's father worked on film in roughly this era. In the West the series has been compared to Mad Men in terms of tone and visuals, though the subject and plots are quite different. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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