A Canary Cage
7.0
The film follows the chance encounter between two teenagers in crisis - Olesya and Victor. They both feel trapped and are looking for their way out. Olesya ran away from home and is waiting for her father to step off the train from Riga, while Victor desperately wants to get to Riga, or to some other place where people are truly good.
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Cast
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Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya
Olesya
Known for
The Irony of Fate: Continuation
Vyacheslav Baranov
Victor
Also in
Dunno on the Moon
Guest from the Future
Pavel Chukhray
Alisa Freyndlikh
Olesya's Mother
Known for
Stalker
Office Romance
Anatoli Sergeyev
Semyon Farada
Known for
Formula of Love
Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Valentina Ananina
Known for
Cast Away
The Cranes Are Flying
Boris Bachurin
Also in
In the Zone of Special Attention
Daughters-Mothers
Galina Komarova
Barmaid
Also in
What Do You Know to Do?
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Aleksandr Konyashin
Bit part
Also in
Station for Two
The Red Snowball Tree
Mikhail Chigaryov
Bit part
Also in
The City Accepted
Summer of Private Dedov
Velta Žygurė
Conductor
Known for
Chernobyl
Pavel Chukhray Director · Anatolij Sergeev Writer Igor Kantyukov Composer
First release October 10, 1983 · Produced in Russia · Original title Клетка для канареек
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Клетка для канареек
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 10, 1983
limited
Russia · October 10, 1983
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 14, 1985 · Cannes Film Festival
Russia
February 6, 1984 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 22, 1985
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