A Cruel Romance

Zhestokiy romans

Soviet Union

1984

142 Min

Color

1.37:1

Russian

Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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SCR Eldar Ryazanov, Aleksandr Ostrovsky

CAST Alisa Frejndlikh, Larisa Guzeyeva, Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrey Myagkov, Aleksei Petrenko, Viktor Proskurin, Georgi Burkov, Tatyana Pankova, Borislav Brondukov, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Yuri Sarantsev, Olga Volkova, Yevgeni Tsymbal, Sergei Artsybashev

SOUND Semyon Litvinov, Vladimir Vinogradov

Director

Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union.
He was named a People’s Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.
Among his most famous films are Carnival Night (1955), Hussar Ballad (1962), Beware of the Car (1966), The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979), and A Cruel Romance (1984). Ryazanov’s main genre is tragicomedy.

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msmichel

11Dec11

A strong and convincing performance by actress Alisa Frejndlikh is the main reason to catch this ultimately melodramatic film. The film's leisurely pace however is quite intoxicating. Nikita Mikhalkov is quite virile as the object of desire here.

Michel Rush

11Dec11

A strong, convincing performance by actress Alisa Frejndlikh is the main reason to experience this motion picture. The story eventually gets lost in melodrama but its leisurely pace is quite intoxicating. Nikita Mikhalkov quite virlie in his performance here.

Michel Rush

11Dec11

A strong, convincing performance by actress Alisa Frejndlikh is the main reason to experience this picture. The story eventually gets lost in melodrama but its leisurely pace in quite intoxicating. Nikita Mikhalkov quite virile in his performance here.

VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

3Apr11

En realidad, no pasa de ser una telenovela (con canciones incluidas y toda la cosa), sin embargo, este film de Eldar Ryazanov se destaca por sus grandes valores de producción (la ambientación de epoca es exquisita) la cuidada fotografia, la buena mano del director (quien logra que el interés no decaiga en ningun momento) y el estupendo desempeño del reparto, entre quienes sobresalen la pareja protagonica conformada por Nikita Mikhalkov (resulta bastante curioso ver al reconocido director en su faceta como actor)y la bellisima Larisa Guzeyeva. (francamente, uno no puede evitar enamorarse de esta mujer.)