Just Life (2001)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 19M

Director : Marina Razbezhkina

Synopsis

Shurochka, the film’s hero, spends her life walking from one village to another in order to weigh tractors. Yet, this makes just one part of her existence. She dances to Utiosov’s songs, she smiles to the pictures of old Soviet actresses and shows a wonderful taste for life amidst the lonely provincial disorderliness.

Actors

Crews

Marina Razbezhkina
Marina Razbezhkina
Director
Irina Uralskaya
Irina Uralskaya
Director of Photography
Anton Silaev
Anton Silaev
Music

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