Characters & Themes
Carnival (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 151 mins · Russian
- Directed by
- Tatyana Lioznova
- Starring
- Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Vera Vasileva, Vadim Andreyev, Viktor Ivanov, Irina Muravyova, Aleksandr Abdulov
A young Russian girl dreams of a career in show business and plans to leave her provincial town for Moscow, hoping to make it big. In the capital she reunites with her long‑absent, now remarried father, and becomes involved with a boyfriend who manipulates and ultimately abandons her.
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