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Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov, a long-time neighbour of Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov, has come to propose marriage to Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natalya Stepanovna.After he has asked and received joyful permission to marry Natalya, she is invited into the room, and he tries to convey to her the proposal.
Stepan's Remembrance (Russian: Степанова памятка, romanized: Stepanova pamyatka) is a 1977 Soviet children's film directed by Konstantin Yershov. [1] It is an adaptation of Pavel Bazhov 's stories based on the Ural region Russian folklore.
The title in Russian is ambiguous and can also mean "Little Faith," symbolizing the characters' lack of hope (or a glimmer thereof). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film was the leader in ticket sales in the Soviet Union in 1988 with 54.9 million viewers, [ 4 ] and was the most successful Soviet film in the US since the 1980 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears ...
The movie plays out in real time over about 90 minutes, and while there are certainly comic moments, the film isn’t intended to be a laugh riot. What unfolds is less a comedy than a ticking ...
Character sketches are usually identified by irony, humor, exaggeration, and satire. The term originated in portraiture, where the character sketch is a common academic exercise. The artist performing a character sketch attempts to capture an expression or gesture that goes beyond coincident actions and gets to the essence of the individual.
Natalya falls in love with Aleksei, but so does her ward Vera, the Islaevs' 17-year-old foster daughter. To rid herself of her rival, Natalya proposes that Vera should marry a rich old neighbour, but the rivalry remains unresolved. Rakitin struggles with his love for Natalya, and she wrestles with hers for Aleksei, while Vera and Aleksei draw ...
Since the death of her mother, 10-year-old Amber Wyatt (Bianca Belle) has been bothered by all sorts of dark thoughts. Rather than act on those impulses, Amber commits her most monstrous ideas to ...
Elephant Parts was released on VHS (stereo) and Betamax (mono) in 1981. [5] It was ninth on Billboard's Top Videocassette Sales for 1981. [6]It was later released on LaserDisc and CED and was the third best-selling video laser disk in 1982, behind Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.