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Brief Encounters (Russian: Короткие встречи, romanized: Korotkiye vstrechi) is a 1967 Soviet romantic drama directed by Kira Muratova.[1]

Brief Encounters
Original Russian film poster
Directed by	Kira Muratova
Written by	Kira Muratova Leonid Zhukhovitsky
Produced by	A. Serdykov
Starring	Nina Ruslanova Vladimir Vysotskiy Kira Muratova Yelena Bazilskaya Olga Vikland Aleksey Glazyrin
Cinematography	Gennadi Karyuk
Edited by	O. Kharakova
Music by	Oleg Karavaychuk
Production company	Odessa Film Studio
Release date	1967
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

A woman and her maid are unknowingly both in love with the same man, played by singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. Kira Muratova's debut feature film was banned by Soviet censors for 20 years before getting an official premiere during glasnost.[2]

Plot

After leaving their native village, Nadia and her friend travel to the big city. Along the way, Nadia gets a job in a teashop and meets Maxim, a charming and educated young geologist of whom she becomes enamored. However, Maxim already has a woman he loves, local district committee leader Valya. When Nadia leaves the tea shop and ends up in Valya's town, the latter hires her as a maid and puts her up at her house, while Valya is not aware that they have Maxim in common.

Cast

• Nina Ruslanova – Nadia
• Vladimir Vysotsky – Maxim
• Kira Muratova – Valentina
• Lydia Bazilskaya – Lyubka
• Olga Viklandt – hairdresser
• Alexey Glazyrin – Semyon Semenovich, geologist
• Valery Isakov – Styopa, barman
• Svetlana Nemolyaeva – Lelia, manicurist
• Lyudmila Ivanova – Lidia Sergeevna, fortune-telling neighbor

Awards

1987: Nika Award — Nina Ruslanova for Best Actress

References

External links

• Brief Encounters at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Brief Encounters (film)

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[ru] Короткие встречи (фильм, 1967)

«Короткие встречи» — художественный фильм-мелодрама, снятый в 1967 году на Одесской киностудии режиссёром Кирой Муратовой по её совместному с Леонидом Жуховицким сценарию. Фильм был выпущен в прокат 13 июля 1967 года, собрав 4,4 млн зрителей при тираже 425 фильмокопий. В 1987 году фильм был перевыпущен и собрал 4 млн зрителей.

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