
Little Vera
The Film Companion
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This first book on "Little Vera," a pioneering realist product of modern Russian Cinema, deals provocatively with the effects on Russian culture of Glasnost, and connects strongly with Western cinema in its treatment of women and sexual themes.
Directed by Vasisli Pichul and released in 1988 "Little Vera" received the European Film Award for best screenplay as well as the special jury prize at Montreal. Looking at the wider context of the film, this text observes its use of space and representations of complex family relationships, placing "Little Vera" within the context of youth cinema and overturning its reputation in the West as the "first ever Soviet sex film".