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198258 minPGdocumentary

Loneliness Family Dynamics

Test for Adults

198258 minPGdocumentary

Six children, aged 10, share their thoughts on loneliness, parental divorce, and existential fears in this 58-minute film from 1982.

Loneliness Family Dynamics

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Six children, aged 10, share their thoughts on loneliness, parental divorce, and existential fears in this 58-minute film from 1982.

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Igor Shadkhandirector

Igor Shadkhanwriter

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Artyom, Julia, Pavel, Alyosha, Sveta, and Alexey, all ten years old, share their thoughts and feelings in intimate interviews conducted by Igor Shadkhan and Svetlana Voloshina. Set in the USSR during 1982, the film is the second part of a five-installment project titled Test for Adults. It captures the children's experiences with loneliness, parental divorce, and existential fears. The filmmakers aim to create psychological portraits that reveal the inner lives of these young individuals.

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