Little Vera (1988)
October 1, 1988Release Date
Little Vera (1988)
October 1, 1988Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Natalya Negoda
Vera
Andrey Sokolov
Sergei
Yuriy Nazarov
Otets
Lyudmila Zaytseva
Maty
Aleksandr Negreba
Victor
Alexandra Tabakova
Lenka Chistyakova
Andrey Fomin
Andrei
Aleksandr Mironov
Tolik
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Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1988
Original NameМаленькая Вера
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
Wiki.
Little Vera (Russian: Маленькая Вера, romanized: Malenkaya Vera), produced by Gorky Film Studio and released in 1988, is a film by Russian film director Vasili Pichul. The title in Russian is ambiguous and can also mean "Little Faith," symbolizing the characters' lack of hope (or a glimmer thereof).The film was the leader in ticket sales in the Soviet Union in 1988 with 54.9 million viewers, and was the most successful Soviet film in the US since the 1980 Moscow Does not Believe in Tears. Part of its popularity was due to being one of the first Soviet movies with explicit sexual scene.
The film's main character and namesake is a teenage girl, who just having finished school feels trapped in her provincial town. With its pessimistic and cynical view of Soviet society, the film was typical of its time (perestroika), during which many such films, collectively known as chernukha (чернуха, roughly "black stuff"), were released.The film received six awards and was nominated for eight more. Among its wins, it received "Best Actress" for Natalya Negoda at the Nika Awards in 1989. The film's director, Vasili Pichul, received the Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Montreal World Film Festival and FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Venice Film Festival.The soundtrack's main theme consists of two songs performed by Sofia Rotaru "Bylo no proshlo" (It Was, But It Has Gone) and "Tol'ko etovo malo" (Only This Is Not Enough), "the leitmotif of the perestroika classic Little Vera".