By the Lake
Year: 1970
Runtime: 173 mins
Language: Russian
Director: Sergei Gerasimov
Set in the early 1960s on Lake Baikal’s shore, the film explores humanity’s duty to each other and nature as a massive construction project threatens the lake. Young Lena Barmina, a scientist’s daughter, falls for engineer Chernykh, who bears the burden of the enterprise. Learning he is married, Lena leaves, underscoring the personal and ecological cost of progress.
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