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Love by Request is a film of genre Drama directed by Sergueï Mikaelian released in USA on 11 november 1982 with Oleg Yankovsky

Love by Request (1982)

Love by Request
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Released in USA 11 november 1982
Length 1h29
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romance
Rating72% 3.6257153.6257153.6257153.6257153.625715

Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (Russian: Влюблён по собственному желанию) is a 1983 Soviet comedy film directed by Sergey Mikaelyan. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Yevgeniya Glushenko won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Synopsis

A handsome sportsman Igor Bragin and a plain but brainy librarian Vera Silkova make an unusual agreement: to fall in love with each other through will alone. In the background is late Soviet reality with a few of its unattractive features – ambition ridden careerists, black market, drunkenness, growing skepticism and disillusionment with ideals.

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Oleg Yankovsky

(Igor Bragin)
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