Korotkie vstrechi ; And, Dolgie provody.

Короткие встречи ; And, Долгие проводы.

Brief encounters: Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.

The long farewell: Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Running times indicated on container: 96 minutes (Brief encounters), 94 minutes (The long farewell); actual running times: 97 minutes, 95 minutes.

Accompanying booklet (folded : portraits ; 19 cm) comprises Essay by Jessica Kiang and program notes in English.

Special features: new 4K digital restorations; interviews with scholars Elena Gorfinkel and Isabel Jacobs; archival interview with director Kira Muratova.

Composer of original music, Oleg Karavaychuk.

Russian dialogue; with optional English subtitles.

Brief encounters: Nadia moves from the countryside to the big city and meets a charming geologist, Maxim, while working in a tea shop, falling in love with him. However, Maxim already has a love interest, Valya, a woman who eventually hires Nadia as a housekeeper, unaware that they both are in love with Maxim.

The long farewell: Follows the relationship between a single mother and her teenage son and the rift that grows between them after he spends a summer with his distant father.

Korotkie vstrechi

Короткие встречи

Brief encounters

Title on container: Brief encounters ; The long farewell : two films by Kira Muratova

Korotkie vstrechi (Motion picture)

Короткие встречи (Motion picture)

Dolgie provody (Motion picture)

Долгие проводы (Motion picture)

Dolgie provody.

Долгие проводы.

Long farewell.

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Brief encounters: Nina Ruslanova, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Kira Muratova, Lidiya Bazilsyaka, Aleksey Glazryrin, Valeri Isakov, Tatyana Midnaya.

The long farewell: Zinaida Sharko, Oleg Vladimirsky, Yuriy Kayurov, Svetlana Kabanova, Tatyana Mychko, Lidiya Bazilskaya, Lidiya Dranovskaya, Sofya Belskaya, Oleg Emstev, Viktor Ilchenko.

Korotkie vstrechi = Brief encounters (1967) (97 min.) / Odesa Film Studio ; director, Kira Muratova ; screenwriters, Kira Muratova, Leonid Zhukhovitsky

Dolgie provody = The long farewell (1971) (95 min.) / Odesa Film Studio ; director, Kira Muratova ; screenwriter, Natalya Ryazantseva.

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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama.

Man-woman relationships > Drama.

Tearooms > Drama.

Women household employees > Drama.

City planners > Drama.

Geologists > Drama.

Single mothers > Drama.

Mothers and sons > Drama.

Teenage boys > Drama.

Children of divorced parents > Drama.

Romantic comedy films.

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Psychological films.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Foreign language films - Russian.

Comédies romantiques (Films)

Mélodrames (Films)

Films psychologiques.

Films de fiction.