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Goodbye Soviet Union (2020)

Goodbye Soviet Union poster
Original title
Hüvasti, NSVL
Directed by
Lauri Randla
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Estonia, Finland
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
K-12
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A family of Ingrian Finns lives through the collapse of the Soviet Union in their small Estonian town. The story follows their daily struggles and oddball adventures as their old world falls apart.

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What happens

Goodbye Soviet Union (Estonian: Hüvasti, NSVL, Finnish: Näkemiin Neuvostoliitto) is a 2020 Estonian-Finnish tragicomedy film and the first Ingrian film. It was written and directed by Lauri Randla. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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