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Zoya (2020)

Zoya poster
Original title
Зоя
Directed by
Maxim Brius
Genre
drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
G
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A biographical war film about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, a young Soviet partisan executed by Nazi forces during World War II. It follows her acts of resistance and the harsh realities she faced.

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What happens

Zoya (Russian: Зоя, other version of the title is The Passion of Zoya Russian: Страсти о Зое or Russian: Страсти по Зое) is a 2020 Russian biographical war film directed by Maxim Brius and Leonid Plyaskin. The film is based on the life of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. The film premiered on December 13, 2020 at the XXVIII Russian Film Festival "Window to Europe" in the town of Vyborg, and the film was theatrically released in Russia on January 28, 2021, by KaroRental Film Distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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