Irina Reznikova Movies
- 1989
After his marriage with Lyuba (Yelena Safonova) breaks down, largely due to his all-night carousing away from the home, Boris (Sergei Koktakov) begins to search for an apartment of his own. Even now, this is a very difficult task. He locates an apartment for couples which is being inhabited by a lone old lady who is supposed to move into an old-age home. The old lady doesn't want to go, and tries to stave off the inevitable by taking in a young woman as a flat-mate. Boris rapes the girl, but despite this she eventually becomes friends with him, and eventually they become lovers, entitling them to rent the apartment together (without the old lady). ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sergei Koltakov, Yelena Safonova, (more)
- 1983
Director Sergei Mikaelyan, known for his 1974 release Premium, takes a look this time at how romance can blossom between the most unlikely people. Oleg (Oleg Yankovsky) is a handsome factory worker with a relentlessly boring job that leads him to spend a lot of time socializing with his buddies and drinking. Vera (Yevgenia Glushenko) is a plain-looking librarian from a physically unattractive family who has never been able to develop a romantic liaison with anyone. When she meets Oleg, she tries to get him interested in books; she wants him to see his life differently, to appreciate his work and maybe not drink so much. At first Oleg shuns her, but in the end she prevails, and he begins to see himself and her in an entirely new light. For her role as Vera in this easy-going romantic story, Yevgenia Glushenko won the "Best Actress" award at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Oleg Yankovsky, Yevgenya Glushenko, (more)
