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199793 minPGdocumentary

7.4/ 10(5 ratings)• TMDB

Wednesday

199793 minPGdocumentary

7.4/ 10(5 ratings)• TMDB

Seventy individuals born on July 19, 1961, are featured in St. Petersburg, reflecting a generation's varied experiences in post-Soviet Russia.

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Viktor Kossakovsky

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Seventy individuals born on July 19, 1961, are featured in St. Petersburg, reflecting a generation's varied experiences in post-Soviet Russia.

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In St. Petersburg, filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky searches for people born on July 19, 1961, his own birthday. He finds fifty-one women and fifty men, with seventy still living in the city by 1995. Kossakovsky captures their lives as doctors, entertainers, businessmen, construction workers, and the homeless. The film features scenes from streets, workplaces, and homes, offering a look at a generation's experiences in post-Soviet Russia.

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