The Pokrovskie Gate

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Audience Member A charming feel-good film from the 1980s. I suspect they sort of needed it at the time. It's quite interesting to see how the Soviet Union was trying to depict the 1950s as a golden age. What is even more interesting is to see how the historical aspect of it is totally evacuated. Nowadays 1950s Moscow summons images of terror, secret police, gulags, or at least of a country traumatized by a war that just killed some 15 millions males. None of this here. Obviously, the population is suffering from a lack of apartments forcing every one to live together, but nothing more. Once the dark side has been evacuated, it remains a light-hearted very well made succession of love stories involving likable characters depicting a society full of joy and bonhomie. Besides the sort of exotism, the actors are absolutely excellent and the dialogs (even subtitled) are extremely amusing. As any film adapted from a play, whenever the camera leaves the main location (here the apartment), the rhythm fades quickly Overall a pleasant entertainment but the lack of historical context is extremely awkward Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Good old school russian movie Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review ari v Quite the over-the-top crowd pleaser, but one that also manages a certain amount of soul and warmth, along with some gentle, cleverly-guised fuck-you's to the dying establishment. All the more music for the ears of a long repressed target audience. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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