Wild Pigeon
1986 · Movie · 100 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
The disenfranchised residents of a small town in Kazakistan in 1946 form the social backdrop for a young boy's awakening to poverty and reality. Vania's father is an artist who came back from World War II with a brain injury and only one arm, both of which take their toll. A woman whom his father loves cannot adjust to a life without her husband (who left her) and succumbs to the effects of depression. Meanwhile, the townspeople have one source of enjoyment: they capture and sell pigeons in a kind of competitive one-upmanship. When Vania finds a white dove, he is especially excited; he has just beat out everyone else with this unusual specimen.
Direction Sergey Solovev
Cast Vyacheslav Ilyushchenko · Liubomiras Laucevicius · Vladimir Steklov · Lyudmila Savelyeva · Ilya Ivanov · Anatoli Slivnikov · Aleksandr Bashirov
Soundtrack Isaac Schwartz
Screenplay Sergey Solovev
Cinematography Yuri Klimenko
Original title Chuzhaya belaya i ryaboy
Also known as Someone Else's White and the Speckled
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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