The greatest love letter to the Russian capital ever captured on film, Daneliya’s quintessential comedy charts a day in the lives of three young men: aspiring writer Volodya, happy-go-lucky Kolya, and anxious bridegroom Sasha. Their professional and romantic hopes and fears play out in a series of charming set pieces. Exquisitely shot by Tarkovsky regular Vadim Yusov, this is an enduringly popular and influential vision of the city.
More a series of vignettes than a fully plotted movie, this is a perfectly charming, beautifully shot, funny and enchanting tour of 1960s Moscow, full of the joys of young love and young life, and optimism for the future.