Zhestokiy Romans
FNCC Cinema
Free
Drama/ Romance. Director: Eldar Ryazanov, USA (1984), 142 min.
Russian with English subtitles
The Embassy of the Russian Federation presents a special movie selection.
Cinematographic adaptation of classical Russian play "Dowry-less" by Alexander Ostrovsky. Noble but poor widow seeks to arrange marriage for her three beautiful music-loving daughters. She maintains "open house" or provincial form of salon hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry for love to a dowry-less.