A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was included in the list ‘They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They’, I thought I might as well check it out. It’s a pity the version I saw was of rather poor quality with some badly synched subtitles (I guess that’s what you get when you watch your movies on YouTube…). Anyway, I have to admit that I was not familiar at all with this kind of vintage Soviet movies. In this case, it turned out to be some kind of romantic-comedy dealing with a basic love triangle mixed up with some Soviet propaganda and this mix was quite intriguing to behold. Indeed, you can imagine that, if it would have been made in Hollywood back then, it would have been dealing with some characters from the upper class with some fancy costumes and houses and it would have been only about which guy would eventually end up with the girl. Here, the focus was put instead on this charming community of simple fishermen with nothing fancy about themselves or their lifestyle but that’s what made them endearing. The fact that their leader was a young woman who acted always modestly was also quite refreshing. Of course, there is a high probability that they were not actually as happy as it was displayed in this movie but that’s what you get with propaganda movies. Concerning the acting and the dialogues, well, to be honest, I can’t say it was really impressive though as these two guys seemed to be able to display only two emotions, total bliss or complete despair. Anyway, to conclude, I thought it was a really interesting watch and it is definitely worth a look, if only for its historical value.

7/10