Brief Encounters

Kira Moeratova / SUHH, 1967 / 96 min.

Kira Muratova’s second feature film sketches a portrait of Maxim – a free-spirited, polyamorous intellectual criss-crossing the Soviet Union as a geologist. A classic from the period known as the ‘Thaw’, when the Soviet authorities relaxed their grip on power a little.

poster Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova, SU 1967)

With the war in Ukraine and harsh repression meted out by Putin, Russia seems to be returning to the dictatorial era of Stalin, with a contemporary twist. Unlike in the late 1950s and early ’60s, when Nikita Khrushchev created space for political reforms, and the cultural climate became (relatively) more liberal.

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Eye Classics

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Details

Director

Kira Moeratova

Production year

1967

Country

SUHH

Original title

Korotkie vstrechi

Length

96 min.

Language

Russian

Subtitles

ENG

Format

DCP

Part of

Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.

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