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Lidiya Bobrova

Lidiya Bobrova is a Russian film director and screenwriter renowned for her poignant depictions of rural Russian life. She graduated from Leningrad University in 1975 with a degree in history and later pursued studies in screenwriting and directing. Bobrova's notable works include Hey, Lads and Lasses (1991), In That Land... (1998), and Babusya (2003), which earned her a special jury prize at the …

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Grandma

Grandma · 2004

An old Russian grandmother or "babushka", who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, sacrificed everything for her children and even sold her house to get money for her grandchildren, is shuttled among those very grandchildren--products of the "new" Russia--none of whom want her to stay with them since she's too much of a "burden" for them.

I Believe!

I Believe! · 2009

Hey, Lads and Lasses

Hey, Lads and Lasses · 1991

Hey, Lads and Lasses

Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in the life of three brothers and their families. The three brothers are different in character, but all suffer from the dreariness of kolchoz life. The title is derived from a nostalgic Russian song. The wild geese have the possibility of moving on to milder climes, a possibility that Russian country people don’t have.

In That Land

In That Land · 1998

Deaf Russian village - a real bearish corner. People live here like a hundred years ago, in their quiet and seemingly inconspicuous life there is everything - birth and death, the struggle of love and hate, good and evil, honor and betrayal.

The Hollow

The Hollow · 2007

Yar is a place that keeps people, and they can't part with it. If they leave, they will die. The only one who wants to escape from the Yar is our main character Karev. But leaving the Yar, he thereby breaks with all traditional values, and unwittingly becomes the cause of the death of people dear to him...

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Grandma

Grandma · 2004

An old Russian grandmother or "babushka", who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, sacrificed everything for her children and even sold her house to get money for her grandchildren, is shuttled among those very grandchildren--products of the "new" Russia--none of whom want her to stay with them since she's too much of a "burden" for them.

Director

I Believe!

I Believe! · 2009

Director

Hey, Lads and Lasses

Hey, Lads and Lasses · 1991

Hey, Lads and Lasses

Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in the life of three brothers and their families. The three brothers are different in character, but all suffer from the dreariness of kolchoz life. The title is derived from a nostalgic Russian song. The wild geese have the possibility of moving on to milder climes, a possibility that Russian country people don’t have.

Director

In That Land

In That Land · 1998

Deaf Russian village - a real bearish corner. People live here like a hundred years ago, in their quiet and seemingly inconspicuous life there is everything - birth and death, the struggle of love and hate, good and evil, honor and betrayal.

Director

The Hollow

The Hollow · 2007

Yar is a place that keeps people, and they can't part with it. If they leave, they will die. The only one who wants to escape from the Yar is our main character Karev. But leaving the Yar, he thereby breaks with all traditional values, and unwittingly becomes the cause of the death of people dear to him...

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