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film directed by

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and written by Arkady Inin.Психиатра вызывали?
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Plot

Vera Golubeva, a textile mill worker, lives in a dormitory for women. In her spare time she plays matchmaker for the other women. Although she does this informally and for free, Vera goes at it professionally: studying the

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in the newspapers, she sends marriage proposals throughout the Soviet Union, and carefully selects suitors. But Vera herself is lonely: walking with brides in their weddings, she has already forgotten to dream about her own family happiness. One day, in the strictly female dormitory appears a new Commandant, Viktor Petrovich - a picturesque former sailor. At some point in the past a woman left him, and from that point on he has regarded women with the utmost suspicion. At first he fights against the way things are done in the dormitory and tries to close Vera's marriage bureau. But eventually, Viktor begins to understand that Vera is the woman he has been looking for all his life.

Cast

* Natalya Gundareva as Vera Nikolayevna Golubeva * Aleksandr Mikhailov as Victor Petrovich Frolov, commander * Tamara Syomina as Larisa Evgenievna, educator *

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as Nina * Frunzik Mkrtchyan as Vartan * Viktor Pavlov as Ilya Belenky *

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as Ira Sanyko

Awards

*The film won prizes CCF in

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(1984) and the International Film Festival in

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(1985) *Natalya Gundareva - best actress in 1984 in a poll of the magazine ''

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'' «Ну и что?! Я такая, какая есть!». Памяти Натальи Гундаревой / АиФ / Валентина Оберемко

References

External links

* Soviet romantic comedy-drama films 1980s romantic comedy-drama films 1984 films 1980s Soviet films 1980s Russian-language films Films directed by Samson Samsonov Mosfilm films Russian romantic comedy-drama films Soviet teen comedy films Soviet teen drama films {{1980s-romantic-comedy-film-stub