Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse (Spring on Zarechnaya Street)

Description

An idealistic, sophisticated young woman meets a rough-around-the-edges, blue collar man and rejects him, only to find out later that they are destined for true love together, despite the fact that he cannot now pass his certification test after she threw him out of her adult education class.

Themes

Soviet Union (U.S.S.R. 1922 – 1991), Adult education, Fables and folktales, Propaganda, Gender roles, Idealism, Communism, Post-Stalin era, Power relationships, Social classes