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Little Vera. By FRANK BEARDOW. (KINOfiles Film Companion 8) London and New York: Tauris. 2003. x+114pp. [pounds sterling]12.99. ISBN 1-86064-611-5.
This slender volume continues the KINOfiles series with a careful exploration of Vasilii Pichul's uncompromising melodrama, and as with earlier 'film companions', it positions the film in a number of contexts. A detailed plot synopsis and production credits are followed by investigations of historical and political settings, central themes, the tenets of Soviet 'youth films', and a closing look at Little Vera's reception both in...
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