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Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Film Review: Cruel Romance Cruel Romance is a 1984 Classic Russian film made in the final years of Soviet Russia. The film stars Larisa Guzeeva as Larisa and Nikita Mikhalkov as Paratov. Larisa is a 19th century noble women that is stuck in the difficult position of trying to pick a suitor that she love while in a society where love a marriage are inextricable linked to one's wealth and the amount of social and capital gain that can be had from arranged marriages. Overall, Cruel Romance is a very enjoyable representation of Russia as it is engulfed in a cultural, social and political flux. We see the influence and variety of the growing middle class, also known as raznochintsy, in Russia as the nobles are making attempts to keep their societal position. Although Cruel Romance ends in despair, we are shown a very detailed and complicated picture of the gender roles, and the rights that accompanied those roles, within Russia during this tumultuous in Russia's history. The film does waver on the side of over dramatic at times; however, the quality of the cinematography and editing overshadows much of the rather corny moments in the film. There are several themes that Cruel Romance seems to repeatedly emphasize throughout the film. One of the subtler, yet consistently emphasized themes throughout the film, is the presentation of women, particularly Larisa, as objects instead of people. Although many would say that this theme is not subtle at all, due to the fact that almost every man that is presented in the film in some way or another tries to purchase the rights to Larisa, there are other aspects of the film that would suggest that women are property to be owned and not people to be won over by love and affection. An aspect that presents this idea, while being largely unannounced, is the fact that we are constantly seeing Larisa through glass. Although some may see this as simple necessity due to space constrictions, in actuality it is meant to have us see Larisa as if she were an item displayed in a shop window. This aspect is finally emphasized in the final moments as we see Larisa sliding across the front of the boat looking at each of her would be buyers through the class, each recognizing her as an item, which cannot be bought. Of coarse, the problem of gender inequality is not a problem that is secular to Russia nor is it a fictional issue. Although it was much worse in the 19th century, gender inequality is still a major issue today. However, Cruel Romance focuses on primarily arranged marriages and the role that a woman or man's dowry played in those marriages. This of coarse was a very real issue in Russia during the 19th century. With the rising raznochintsy class in Russia, we saw a whole new wave of suitors that depended entirely on their economic value due to the fact that they had no official title. This is displayed very well throughout the movie as Larisa is torn between suitors. An almost comical assembly of these suitors is scene towards the end at Larisa's fiancé's dinner party. Overall, I would say if you enjoy tragic romances and would like an interesting look into another culture of the 19th century than Cruel Romance is for you.

For me, the movie was good and had a lot of great qualities within it. This story of self discovery takes the audience on a roller coaster of emotions throughout the movie.Larisa Dmitrievna (Larisa Guzeyeva) and her family would have been referred to as the class of the raznochintsy's. They were not peasants, but they were not nobles (they would have had noble descent). Surgey Sergeyevich (Nikita Mikhalkov) was another example of this class. There is also parts of the movie where we see Surgey act kindly towards any social class, including the gypsies, which in Russia's history was around the time when the peasants and serfs of were emancipated. One of the main themes that I noticed was the social obligation that people of the time period had to deal with, such as the women marrying someone with money, or the men marrying a woman with a dowry. Women were usually seen more as objects with money rather than real people. That is clearly shown with Larisa, as she realizes she's only an object for people to auction off. There isn't too much that happens with "true love", because the love the characters had for each other was either lust, or only for money. As far as character development goes, I think that Juliy Kapitonovich(Andrei Myagkov) has the most. Throughout the movie he is seen as the "little man", and he stays that way more or less, but shows a side of his character you wouldn't expect. He starts off as a quiet man trying to win Larisa's heart, but he is constantly shut down. By the end of the movie, he's showing his anger and shows his true character when he tries to win back Larisa. All together, I enjoyed the movie and thought the acting was done very well. I also liked the historical significance seen throughout it.

I'll try not to spoil the plot for anyone, especially since while you will guess the direction in which the fate of the heroine is moving you won't guess the final resolution till the last moment.What makes this masterpiece so rare is the confluence of four exceptional artists which allowed unprecedented blending of music into a thriller with well developed characters. Not as a background but as a part of the story. Let's just say that if you skip the lyrics you won't be able to follow the motivation of main characters. This is what allowed it to stand the test of time. I watched it 27 years after it was made and it is as fresh and vibrant as if it was this year's production.First of the four is of course Ostrovsky who wrote a thriller with character development and emotional story that will keep you guessing to the very end even after you know each character, it's motivation, and sometimes even fate. It's close to knowing that is Titanic going to sink but you can't stop watching since it's the "how" and fine grained aspects that really matter.Even without the other cinematic elements the play itself would make for a good movie, but for director (Eldar Ryazanov) this is just the beginning. Ryazanov is the principal artist here who takes the credit not just for the exceptional blending of music but also for making the actual big river (Volga) and an old steamboat integral parts of the story and metaphors. One can easily imagine Missisippy and Jazz instead of Gypsy music, or Danube and a Strauss waltz band without any change to the story. He made conceptual structure completely universal while keeping the full flavor of the old Russia.The composer (Andrei Petrov) is the next artist equally responsible for this rare blend and not just the instrumental part but also vocal, actual poetry used for lyrics and the stylization and blending of Russian Gypsy music.Last but not least - Nikita Mikhalkov as the male lead and the heart and soul of the ensemble who managed to combine tragic, comic and even musical aspects in impeccable performance with surprising facial and physical acting capabilities.This is the ensemble play/film, meaning that most actors had to work hard to make their characters alive, but female lead (Larisa Guzeyeva ) deserves special praise for effective blending of dramatic and musical aspects doubling up as narrative. Also, there are virtually no precision cutting tricks (director cutting into replicas to make it look like less capable actors actually played emotions and transitions). Scenes are mostly filmed in long shots with minimal editing. Just that aspect provides the quality an order of magnitude above a comparable Hollywood production. It's not that it's not doable but that the cost of production would be prohibitively high to reach that level.And in the end I will say (А напоследок я скажу :-) this is one of the films to keep and watch again every several years. Like the big river, it constantly flows, and is constantly fresh.

Beautiful movie from `Eldar Rayazanov' about the quest of `Larisa Dmitrievna'(Larisa Guzeyeva), the most pretty girl in a small town on the Volga, for happiness.Juliy Kapitonovich(Andrei Myagkov) is the head of the local post office and has eye set on `Larisa'. However he is not the only one who has his eye on Larisa and `Juliy', not being a cassanova, is constantly out manoeuvred, especially by the charismatic businessman `Sergey Sergeyevich' (Nikita Mikhalkov). However when he leaves town without telling `Larisa' turns the chances for every one and the cards are shuffled again. Larisa now is heartbroken and she doesn't believe in love anymore she is again looking for a husband and the main thing this time is money. She lets her eye fall on a bank director but just as she thinks that he is the right man for her he gets arrested by the police as he appears to be a thief. Larisa now desperate decided to marry the first man who asked her rich or poor and guess who asked...'Juliy'. Intrigues now start since certain other men who have eyes on her cant process the thought of losing her to an ordinary post office man.Brilliant acting great story, when you have a chance go see this movie you wont regret it. 10/10