Most Charming and Attractive

In Russian conversation class on Tuesday night we continued watching the comedy "Most Charming and Attractive" ("Самая обаятельная и привлекательная", 1985) and I continued to enjoy it. Unlike "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" (1979) this one didn't win no Academy award for best foreign film. However, as I said before, it does feature one of the supporting actresses from the Oscar winner in the lead role, Irina Muravyova. Most importantly, it's not zany.

Irina Muravyova plays Nadya, a single working woman who is convinced by her friend Susanna that she ought to start looking for a husband. As I also mentioned before, Susanna (Tatyana Vasilyeva, blonde lady) is my favorite character. Susanna is some kind of sociologist who analyzes Nadya to determine what kind of man she should hook up with. She also takes Nadya to a black marketer who sells fashionable women's clothing and encourages her to recite a mantra about being "the most charming and attractive."

I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of guy Nadya ends up with - the Russians favor quirky types. If you're not a fan of Russian culture you might not be crazy about this film, but the DVD is virtually unavailable anyway, so this whole post can be placed in the "hypothetical" category, right beside "The Torpedo".