Distraction for the Soul
5.6
Based on the novel by same name by Vladimir Makanin. A cabinetmaker falls in love with a poetess who is courted by a university professor. The cabinetmaker has a wife and two high school sons. He is confronted with a difficult choice between family and beloved woman...
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Cast
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Valentina Telichkina
Alevtina Nesterova
Known for
Brigada
The Bolshoi
Vladimir Menshov
Mikhailov
Known for
Night Watch
Legend No. 17
Andris Rozenbergs
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Vladimir Makanin
Valery Todorovsky
Girts Jakovlevs
Yuri Strepetov
Known for
The Man Who Saved the World
Valery Todorovsky
Also in
The Thaw
A Strange Woman
Skaidra Deksne
Galina Makarova
Alevtina's Mother
Also in
Farewell of a Slav Woman
Widows
Miks Zvirbulis
Regīna Razuma
Strepetov's Wife
Known for
The Good Neighbor
Emilija Eglite
Andris Rozenbergs Director · Valery Todorovsky Writer Vladimir Makanin Author
First release August 12, 1990 · Produced in Russia · Original title Отдушина
Production
Filmstudio ALKO
Production
Russia
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Original title
Отдушина
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 12, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
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