Film
Family Happiness
SU- Director
- Andrei Ladynin
- Year
- 1970
The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on a romance with her children’s romantic tutor. (2) “Nerves”. Haunted by tales of the supernatural, Vaksin can’t sleep and is found in the morning napping on the governess’s chest. (3) “The Avenger”. A husband plans to kill his unfaithful wife but abandons the plot when he dreads the punishment to come. (4) “The Proposal”. A tragicomic matchmaking tale of landowner Lomov wooing his neighbor’s daughter.
Top cast
Directed by
Andrei Ladynin, Sergei Solovyov, Alexandr Sheyn
Written by
Alexandr Sheyn, Andrei Ladynin, Sergei Solovyov, Arkadi Stavitsky
Produced by
Dmitry Zalbstein