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1988 · ★ 6.5 · Comedy

Zhora Sorokarossiysky, a well-known master of stuffed birds and animals, is essentially patient and kind. But his wife's overbearing character and her endless scolding about his strange work once awakened in him the desire to leave home.

Directed by Georgi Burkov · Written by Nina Semenova

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