July Rain (1966) Marlen Khutsiyev; Yevgeniya Uralova, Aleksandr Belyavskiy

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This is a region-free DVD-R without case or artwork.

In Russian with English subtitles. Widescreen. Original Russian title: Iyulskiy Dozhd.

From the director: "July Rain is the one-film Soviet New Wave. A unique blend of idealism and realism, heavily influenced by Antonioni, nothing like it was ever again achieved - or attempted - in the Soviet cinema as far as I know. The virtually plotless story of a young unmarried couple's involvement and eventual break-up is told as a series of finely-observed episodes which together form almost an encyclopedia of the time and the place. Among other things, it is a priceless portrait of a somewhat fantastic city which no longer exists. The film was made in 1966, soon after Nikita Khrushchev's downfall, when the new conservatives started to dismantle the small creative liberties won after the death of Stalin (and little used, particularly in the cinema). Although the film was not banned, it got only a token release on something like a hundred prints (drop in the sea at the time). The invitation from the Venice Film Festival was declined, and the film was little seen in the West, if at all. Even in Russia, although its reputation is now high, and it has thankfully been restored (sort of), relatively few people have actually seen it."

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Iyulskiy Dozhd	April 12, 2016
Reviewer: rob from Inverell, New South Wales Australia

A rare film insight into the mood of mid sixties modernist Russia, hopes and aspirations are channelled through the various characters, great music from the bard .
Excellent Quality, Recommended
Many Thanks to the Movie Detective

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