An Independent Life

★★★★★

Original title: Samostoyatelnaya zhizn

1992 · 1 h 37 min

Directed by Vitali Kanevsky

Drama

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Cast

Pavel Nazarov Dinara Drukarova Toshihiro Vatanabe Elena Popova Liana Zhvaniya M. Aleksandrov

Credits

Written by: Vitali Kanevsky

Plot

The teenage Valerka, after the events of the previous film, lives alone in a Siberian town in the postwar era, in a harsh, poetic and autobiographical drama.

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Ratings

IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (240 votes)
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