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Little Vera
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301417211
Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 6301417216
Label: Water Bearer Films
Languages: English (Subtitled), Russian (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Water Bearer Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Water Bearer Films
Release Date: November 11, 1998
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: Water Bearer Films
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1989
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Rating:  - You will see a side of Russia you won't see on Television
If you were around prior to the fall of the Soviet Union them you may remember how eastern European and Russian women were depicted. The image of the East German female weightlifter who would put the Rock or Arnold Schwarzenegger to shame comes to mine.
What made this movie interesting is that it was one of the first times where you could see Soviet women depicted as women, as well as the crushing poverty that many still face in the Former Soviet Union.
If you are considering ... Read More
Rating: - Cheesecake - And Much More
They used cheesecake to get attention. It worked. Vera is red hot. Amen. The twist is that this is a great film! Very much a political allegory. A family is falling apart along with its country. However don't forget that besides good looking, Russians are intelligent, tough & dangerous. Vera's educated boyfriend is disrespectful to her parents.The boyfriend pushes his luck & the father stabs him. Later dad has a heart attack -what will they do when dad is gone? At the time, I saw this film as the ... Read More
Rating:  - A poor DVD, an excellent film.
The video quality is low. Subtitles (English only) are not optional and leave quite a bit untranslated. The DVD contains no bonus features. But the film is a definite masterpiece and worth seeing by all means!
Rating: - from an American looking in
I saw this movie when I was in Leningrad, before Gorbachev resigned Christmas Eve, 1991. The state-run television station ran it one evening, and I watched it with my Russian friends, who insisted it was a {adult film}. After the movie, the same people who thought they'd be able to see explicit {adult} scenes ended up sitting around the kitchen table discussing the movie over vodka and pickles as if it were an obscure painting of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Whatever, the movie gave me, as a United States ... Read More
Rating: - from an American looking in
I saw this movie when I was in Leningrad, before Gorbachev resigned Christmas Eve, 1991. The state-run television station ran it one evening, and I watched it with my Russian friends, who insisted it was a "porno". After the movie, the same people who thought they'd be able to see explicit sex scenes ended up sitting around the kitchen table discussing the movie over vodka and pickles as if it were an obscure painting of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Whatever, the movie gave me, as a United States citizen, ... Read More
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