Lady with the Dog

Lady with the Dog

1960 · 83 min · RU · 5.8 (32 votes)
Dir. Iosif Kheifits · Starring Iya Savvina, Aleksey Batalov, Nina Alisova, Pantelejmon Krymov, Yuri Medvedev, Pavel Pervushin · Music Nadezhda Simonyan
RomanceDrama

On holiday in Yalta, Muscovite banker Dimitri Gurov contrives to meet a young woman who walks her dog. She’s Anna Sergeyevna, trapped in a loveless marriage to a lackey. He’s unhappy in an arranged marriage. With neither spouse at hand, Dimitri and Anna begin an affair.

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A quiet, introspective drama about unspoken desires and the ache of loneliness. It captures the bittersweet beauty of fleeting connection and the lingering melancholy of what might have been. Feels like a long, thoughtful sigh.

melancholicwistfulromanticyearningslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivenEuropean cinemaperiod dramaloveinfidelitylonelinesssocial constraints