Inna Gulaya

  • Lev Kulidzhanov – Kogda derevya byli bolshimi AKA When the Trees Were Tall (1961)

    Lev Kulidzhanov1961-1970DramaRomanceUSSR

    Plot:
    World War II veteran Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov has become a heavy drinker with no interest in finding employment of any kind. He joins a collective farm, claiming to be the father of Natasha, a resident there, and is forced to analyze his life when he finds himself falling in love.Read More »

  • Gennady Shpalikov – Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn AKA Long Happy Life (1967)

    1961-1970DramaGennady ShpalikovRomanceUSSR

    Synopsis:
    Little moments in the course of a very brief romance make up the bulk of this tender, lyrical film, the only one ever directed by Gennady Schpalykov, better known as a screenwriter. On a bus filled with young people going for an outing to the theater, Victor (K. Lavrov), a scruffy geologist, and Lena (I. Gulaya), a young factory worker, strike up a conversation. He has traveled to many interesting places, she is young, recently divorced, and has a child. When she invites him to join the group at the theater, he says that he’s too grungy to go there. However, after he gets off the bus, he rushes around getting himself cleaned up, somehow manages to make it into the sold-out theater, and finds Lena. They leave during intermission, and he walks her home. The next day, she brings her daughter along to meet him where he has been staying, and they share a nice lunch together, until he abruptly leaves.Read More »

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