Genre: Drama
Duration: 76 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Stanislav Mitin
Cast: Sergei Kuznetsov, Svetlana Schedrina, Polina Filonenko, Sergey Gamov
16-year-old Mikhail falls in love with his new teacher, Anna Nikolaevna. She returns his love. An affair ensues. They meet in shadow filled alley-ways, abandoned tram parks and at the school's backdoor. However, their carefree romance does not go undetected. Their love is forbidden and thus doomed to fail. The year afterall is 1949. It is the era of Stalin and the Cold War. Director Stanislav Mitin has created a melodramatic, tragic romance full of tenderness and nostalgia. Head back in time and experience an old-fashioned affair, with memorable scenes and unforgetable music.