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Tenderness
Нежность
1967 71 min Soviet Union 12+
★7.3
Romance
Director: Elyor Ishmukhamedov
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Description
This is a story about modern youth, about how young people enters the great beautiful world of complex human relations, how, when faced with different people and phenomena, boys and girls are convinced that good and bright are affirmed in life.
Starring
Mariya Sternikova
Actor
Rodion Nakhapetov
Actor
Rogshan Agzamov
Actor
Key opinion
Nezhnost is a poetic, New Wave-inspired Soviet film that captures the delicate, fleeting essence of adolescent love through the lens of a sun-drenched Tashkent. While celebrated for its visual artistry and emotional resonance, its fragmented narrative structure and minimalist approach to dialogue divide audience opinion.
| Cinematography | The cinematography masterfully employs sun-lit, fluid aesthetics to capture the vibrant atmosphere of Tashkent and the internal moods of its young characters. | |
| Emotion | The film succeeds as a poignant, atmospheric study of the vulnerability and awkwardness inherent in the experience of first love. | |
| Acting | The director's decision to use non-professional actors creates a sense of natural charm and youthful purity that anchors the film's authenticity. | |
| Screenplay | The fragmented, novella-based structure, which resulted from expanding an original short film concept, leaves viewers split: some find it artistically evocative, while others feel it creates a disjointed experience. |