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A French Lesson (Уроки французского)

German title: Französischunterricht
Francaise title: Leçons de français
Russian title: Уроки французского
Original title: Уроки французского

Alternative titles:
Uroki franzuskowo | Uroki franzuskogo | Uroki franzuskovo | The Lessons of French | Französischstunden

Drama – USSR
Production year: 1978
Movie length: 85 minutes

Director: Евгений Ташков (Jewgeni Taschkow, Yevgeni Tashkov)
Writer: Евгений Ташков (Jewgeni Taschkow, Yevgeni Tashkov), Валентин Распутин (Walentin Rasputin, Valentin Rasputin)
Cinematograph: Владимир Нахабцев (Wladimir Nachabzew, Vladimir Nakhabtsev)
Music: Борис Чайковский (Boris Tschajkowski, Boris Chaykovskiy)

Movie description:

Siberia 1946. 11-year-old boy Volodya comes from a village to a school of regional center. His mother sometimes sends him parcels with potatoes. A young teacher, seeing that the boy goes on short commons, sends him a parcel on behalf of his mother. But Volodya is difficult to deceive – there are neither macaronis, nor hematogen in their village. But then she plays »chika« for money with him to lose the boy. Having learnt about it the director fires her. But the boy remembered the lessons of kindness and mercifulness for the rest of his life.
Based on the story of the same name by V. Rasputin.

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