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  2. A Marriage Proposal - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Stepan's Remembrance - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Little Vera - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Character sketch - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Every movie based on a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch, ranked ...

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    There have been 11 movies based on "Saturday Night Live" sketches over its 50 years, including 'Wayne's World" and "The Blues Brothers."

  7. A Month in the Country (play) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Beauty and the Bestie - Wikipedia

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    Beauty and the Bestie is a 2015 Filipino action comedy film directed by Wenn V. Deramas, starring Vice Ganda and Coco Martin, alongside James Reid and Nadine Lustre.It is an official entry to the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival.

  9. They Fought for Their Country - Wikipedia

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    One of the soldiers of the regiment, Pyotr Lopakhin (Vasily Shukshin), who gives the impression of a merry fellow and a joker, goes to a nearby village for salt and a bucket to cook freshly caught crayfish in. Relying on his talkative charm, Lopakhin makes a request to an old Cossack woman (Angelina Stepanova) but is met with contempt as the ...