Autumn Marathon

Autumn Marathon

1979 ""
Autumn Marathon
Autumn Marathon

Autumn Marathon

7.8 | 1h29m | en | Drama

Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inconvincing, but he never has the courage to tell her the truth. His lover, Alla, is aware of his family life, but gets offended when, for example, he cannot meet her so that he doesn't come home late, or when he doesn't want to go home in a new jacket she gives him to avoid having to explain to his wife. Alla and Nina, Andrei's wife, both leave him, forgive him, and return to him at the same time, and Andrei continues with this kind of life, full of suffering and deceit. Finally, both women are so fed up with his lies that they don't believe him even when he is telling the truth...

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7.8 | 1h29m | en | Drama , Comedy , Romance | More Info
Released: June. 06,1979 | Released Producted By: Mosfilm , Country: Soviet Union Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inconvincing, but he never has the courage to tell her the truth. His lover, Alla, is aware of his family life, but gets offended when, for example, he cannot meet her so that he doesn't come home late, or when he doesn't want to go home in a new jacket she gives him to avoid having to explain to his wife. Alla and Nina, Andrei's wife, both leave him, forgive him, and return to him at the same time, and Andrei continues with this kind of life, full of suffering and deceit. Finally, both women are so fed up with his lies that they don't believe him even when he is telling the truth...

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Cast

Oleg Basilashvili , Natalya Gundareva , Marina Neyolova

Director

Levan Shengeliya

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harrodesh I enjoyed watching the film. I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The film seemed to lack any action when I first watched it.Initially, my thoughts were he was just a man trying to have it all. He was always willing to help people and wanted the most out of life. There seemed to be a lot going on in his life.After discussing it with a few others, I realized how little he was in control of happenings.Overall, It was a good film that held my interest throughout. There was a good amount of humor that I extracted from the film. I just wish there was a little more action. I was waiting for an interesting twist to come into light, but it just seemed like a normal guy doing somewhat unscrupulous things.I would recommend this film if you want to kill time. It was pretty funny and semi engaging. It didn't have anything that was outstanding about it though.
Justin G This movie is very slow to get going, so slow I could compare it to a turtle stuck in molasses. If there was an American movie I would compare it to, it would be "The Vow". I enjoyed neither. Both are about menial life issues. Everyone has these issues in their life. I don't watch movies to get more of my life's problems. I watch to escape reality and partake in an adventure. The main character aggravates me with his inability to stand for anything. It bothers me that he can not tell the truth. The back drops and scenes were designed very well. At times in the movie I would find myself not paying attention to the story and characters, but watching the back drop of the city, imagining if I lived there.
karelina-anna-163-637954 The movie - The Autumn Marathon - is one of my favourite. I grew up in Soviet Union that transformed later into Russian Federation. I still remember those times. Actually, I remember times a little later than 1979 (I was born that year:)), but everything I see in this movie reminds me of my childhood: apartments, cars, clothes etc. I understand the mood of this film. Indeed, it was usual type of mood of "intelligensia" people. People who had good brains and realised they don't have much space to develop their talents. Of course, the character of the protagonist - Andrey - is complicated, he has many inside complexes and can't say "no" to anybody that causes problems for him and others. A man who is waiting for somebody else to made decision for him. He can't tear himself out of "love triangle" ( his wife, lover and him). At the end of the film we see how happy he is when it seems that his wife and lover finally left him. But everything gets back and Andrey's endless "marathon" running continues.....
cinephil-5 This is a great comedy about what it means to have a weak character.Outstanding is the performance of Yevgenij Leonov. Everybody should watch this film because there is a great lesson to learn about life.