Love by Request explained

Love by Request
Native Name:Влюблён по собственному желанию
Director:Sergey Mikaelyan
Producer:Pyotr Orlov
Starring:Oleg Yankovskiy
Yevgeniya Glushenko
Vsevolod Shilovsky
Music:Igor Tsvetkov
Cinematography:Sergei Astakhov
Editing:Izolda Golovko
Runtime:89 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

Love by Request (Russian: Влюблён по собственному желанию|Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu, English: Enamored by own Accord) is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sergey Mikaelyan. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Yevgeniya Glushenko won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.[1]

Plot

A handsome but poor former sportsman Igor Bragin and a plain but brainy librarian Vera Silkova make an unusual agreement: to fall in love with each other through will alone. In the background is late Soviet reality with a few of its unattractive features – ambition ridden careerists, black market, drunkenness, growing skepticism and disillusionment with ideals. The scene when the protagonist, a sportsman, applies a wrestling hold to a middle-aged person in the presence of the latter's little son was discliked by some spectators.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berlinale: 1983 Prize Winners . 20 November 2010 . berlinale.de.