Oh, this mysterious Russian soul.
Soviet films became cult classics not only in the USSR but also abroad, winning international awards and recognition from millions of viewers. However, this does not mean that the same works that caused a storm of emotions among compatriots were also understandable to foreigners.
For example, these 10 masterpieces still cause astonishment and sometimes genuine outrage among foreign viewers:
The Russians stopped thinking about the plot of “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”, Perceiving the film more as a New Year’s backdrop, which cannot be said about Western viewers. These are the emotions that the story of Nadya and Zhenya evoked in one of them: “I’m tired of the fact that the main characters have blond hair and look like angels, while Katya and Hippolyte are depicted as gloomy and old-fashioned. The meaning is clear: giving in to temporary impulses is a virtue, and only pathetic people can be reliable and control their lives.
It was professional critics who awarded the film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” an Oscar statuette, while ordinary Americans expressed a different opinion, amazed at how Kurosawa’s “Kagemusha” could lose to such a work. This is what a review from one of them looks like: “This film was recommended to me by older Russians. God, who could even consider this a great movie? There is so much in it that is formal and predictable. Time is too long. Two and a half hour?
Photo source: Mosfilm
Author: Vasilisa Mironova
Source: Popcorn News
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