1987 · drama · crime · musical
Assa
Directed by Sergey Solovyov2h 30m1987
A young musician falls for a mobster's young mistress.
Our read: Assa (1987) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · crime · musical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- inventive
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How Assa feels to watch.
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“You want a cult Soviet film mixing crime, forbidden romance and rock rebellion.”
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