"Waves" Goes the Wrong Direction in Racial Depiction, Despite Its Intent and Beauty
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Raisa Gurmyzhskaya is a former beauty who is spending her widowed years in a remote province of Russia. After her friend's young son comes to visit her, she finds herself bored enough to embark on an affair.
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Raisa Gurmyzhskaya is a former beauty who is spending her widowed years in a remote province of Russia. After her friend's young son comes to visit her, she finds herself bored enough to embark on an affair.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy
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Runtime:180 minutes
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Cast
Igor Ilyinsky, Inessa Seleznyova
Director
Tatyana Yeremeyeva
Gurmyzhskaya
Valeri Babyatinsky
Bulanov
Vladimir Golovin
Karp
Igor Ilyinsky
Schastlivtsev
Lyudmila Pirogova
Aksyusha
Nikolai Ryzhov
Milonov
Gennadiy Sergeev
Vosmibratov
Sofya Fadeyeva
Ulita
Roman Filippov
Neschastlivtsev
Viktor Sharlakhov
Bodayev
Valentin Tkachenko
Pyotr
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