Assa

Assa

1987 · 153 min · RU · 7.1 (52 votes)
Dir. Sergey Solovyov · Starring Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Aleksandr Bashirov, Alexandr Domogarov, Kirill Kozakov · Music Boris Grebenshchikov · Трилогия АССА
CrimeDramaRomanceMusic

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.

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A hauntingly romantic drama set against a bleak winter backdrop. It's a tale of young love caught in a dangerous web of crime and conspiracy, steeped in 80s atmosphere and doomed passion.

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