Carnival

Carnival

1981 · 151 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.

Directed by Tatyana Lioznova · Written by Anna Rodionova

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