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Dashing in December follows the tried and true outline of a traditional holiday romance, with a less traditional middle-aged gay couple as the film's romantic focus.
Concerto for Two Violins
The main characters are two graduates of a music school, gifted violinists. Andrei is ambitious, able-bodied, absorbed in the desire to achieve recognition. The other is Ladya Bragin, simple and reckless. On the day of the exam at the conservatory, he meets a girl who works as a clown, and immediately decides to stay in the circus. The creative successes of the heroes do not immediately and not simply take shape. Their will, their conviction of a calling, are severely tested. And yet both come to understand what happiness music can give and how much it demands from a musician...
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The main characters are two graduates of a music school, gifted violinists. Andrei is ambitious, able-bodied, absorbed in the desire to achieve recognition. The other is Ladya Bragin, simple and reckless. On the day of the exam at the conservatory, he meets a girl who works as a clown, and immediately decides to stay in the circus. The creative successes of the heroes do not immediately and not simply take shape. Their will, their conviction of a calling, are severely tested. And yet both come to understand what happiness music can give and how much it demands from a musician...
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Genre:Romance
Written By:Vladimir Valutsky, Mikhail Korshunov
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Runtime:89 minutes
Studio:Mosfilm
Cast
Ekaterina Stashevskaya-Naroditckaya
Director
Sergey Martynov
Andrei Kosarev
Yelena Solovey
Rita Pletnyova
Alexandre Arbat
Ladya Bragin
Elena Shanina
Sandi
Svetlana Pereladova
Olya
Lyudmila Stoyanova
Ganka
Irina Skobtseva
Kira Viktorovna
Vladimir Valutsky
Grisha
Gurgen Tonunts
professor Migdal
Nikolai Sergeyev
Olya's grandfather
Antonina Maksimova
Andrei's mother
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