Lightweight yet at the same time very moving. Callow university youth on the verge of adulthood, set in a full-of-itself Soviet Union just then being invaded by Western music, clothing, cigarettes and concepts. There's a girl too.
P.A.
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Topic - The Vanished Empire -- Russian, 2008, set in 1973... anyone see it? - Poles Apart 21:58:31 05/06/12 (2)
- Just watched it today - I agree - strangely moving [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 21:12:21 05/13/12 (1)
- It establishes a timeframe and a milieu totally unfamiliar to us... - Poles Apart 12:53:29 05/15/12 (0)