In visiting his ex-wife’s apartment a man learns that she plans to remarry a scientist named Valentin Shlyakhov. In his past, the man wrote a scathing letter about Shlyakhov which greatly impacted his career. Fearing that this information will come to light when his ex-wife marries Shlyakhov, the man insists that the wedding be called off. What follows is an intimate portrayal of the relationship between a man and a woman (who are never named), whose history as husband and wife plays out during a heated conversation.

• DirectorNikita Mikhalkov
• Release12 July 1983
• Genre
  Romance / Drama
• Duration1h 35m
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• Rate
  

  6.9
  16 reviews
• Productions

  Mosfilm