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Wild Pigeon

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Original title

Chuzhaya belaya i ryaboyaka

AKA

Someone Else's White and the Speckled

Year

1986

Running time

100 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Sergey Solovev

Screenwriter

Sergey Solovev

Cast

Music

Isaac Schwartz

Cinematography

Yuri Klimenko

Producer

Kazakhfilm Studios, Mosfilm

Genre

Drama | Childhood. Birds. 1940s

Synopsis

The disenfranchised residents of a small town in Kazakistan in 1946 form the social backdrop for a young boy's awakening to poverty and reality. Vania's father is an artist who came back from World War II with a brain injury and only one arm, both of which take their toll. A woman whom his father loves cannot adjust to a life without her husband (who left her) and succumbs to the effects of depression. Meanwhile, the townspeople have one source of enjoyment: they capture and sell pigeons in a kind of competitive one-upmanship. When Vania finds a white dove, he is especially excited; he has just beat out everyone else with this unusual specimen.

Awards: 1986: Venice: Grand Special Jury Prize

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