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Oblomov
Несколько дней из жизни И.И. Обломова
1980 · Film · 140 min
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle whenever he's in the city, and Oblomov's life changes when Stoltz introduces him to Olga, lovely and cultured. When Stoltz leaves for several months, Oblomov takes a country house near Olga's, and she determines to change him: to turn him into a man of society, action, and culture. Soon, Olga and Oblomov are in love; but where, in the triangle, does that leave Stoltz?
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Tarkovski's movies have what you could call a Russian sentiment. Hard to put in words what exactly that means but perhaps some fatalism and melancholy, how things are what they are and do not easily change except in our dreams. Looking back at Soviet Union and now Putin's Russia, and even the autocratic Czarist Russia before revolution, it is easy to understand where that sentiment comes from. But it makes for great, thoughtful art.
Another great Russian movie from a contemporary director of Tarkovski is "A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov":
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079619/