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4.5

123 Ratings

Long Farewells

Долгие проводы

Directed by Kira Muratova

Soviet Union, 1971

Drama

97

Synopsis

A divorced mother reunites with her teenage son, only to find out that he wants to leave her for his father. Delicate and heart-breaking portrait of loneliness and longing that remains unrequited. An early Muratova masterpiece, and her most lyrical film.

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Long Farewells Directed by Kira Muratova

Awards & Festivals

Locarno International Film Festival

1987 | Winner: FIPRESCI Award

International Film Festival Rotterdam

1988

2013

Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente

2018

Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

Rotterdam 2013. Two as One as Many

Our second report from the 2013 festival, about films by Kira Muratova, Jean-Claude Brisseau, and David Gatten.

What are people saying?

smndvdcl's rating of the film Long Farewells
smndvdcl

An unnerving and close-to-the-bone account of domestic psychological suffocation that challenges the way we can drain those that we care for.
September 11, 2016 15:39
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FISCHER's rating of the film Long Farewells
FISCHER

Une oeuvre intimiste, tendre et limpide où respire un bonheur tenu et fragile... www.cinefiches.com
January 03, 2018 22:43
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Nachtreich's rating of the film Long Farewells
Nachtreich

☆ e mezzo.
June 25, 2017 21:49
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alice's rating of the film Long Farewells
alice

Le musiche e il finale sono di una straziante malinconia.
October 21, 2017 14:02
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rafaelmontenegrofausto's rating of the film Long Farewells
rafaelmontenegrofausto

3.5/5
January 30, 2017 17:52
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