2011 · drama · historical · epic
Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman
Directed by Andrey Smirnov2h 36m2011
A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on her private life and major historic events in the country.
Our read: Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (2011) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · historical · epic entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / historical, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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