Tenderness

Vlyublyonnye

Soviet Union, Uzbekistan

1969

83 Min

Black and White

2.35:1

Russian

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Rodion Nahapetov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Rustam Sagdullayev, Gyuzal Apanayeva, Karen Khachaturyan, Ravzhan Agzamov, Sergei Gurzo, Ulugbek Salakhutdinov, Khamza Umarov, Nelya Anatullayeva

PROD DES Magomet Chochiyev, Sadriddin Ziyamukhamedov

After working at a chemical and pharmaceutical plant in his native Tashkent, Ishmukhamedov gained employment on local film shoots and decided to attend VGIK, earning his degree in 1967. As a studio director for Uzbekfilm, he wrote and directed a number of films, such as Tenderness, that were influenced by the prevailing trends of European film – Italian cinema and the French New Wave. Popular in the Soviet Union and heralded at film festivals worldwide, Ishmukhamedov’s films are full of images of indelible lyricism. —Seagull Films