a gritty presentation of the decay of family values and human dignity in the wake of soviet communism and vasili pichul 1988 film little vera is a landmark film of modern russian cinema. pichul brutal drama marks a strong departure from the images of sanitized idealism promoted in soviet times (as in aleksandrov circus) and brashly moving the social chaos of his time into the public spotlight. a contemporary ukrainian setting further intensifies the effect and first by the immediacy of the film to its time period and second by its utilization of a locale not only struggling for identity in lieu of a soviet system and but also as a nation distinct from the russian idiom that had dominated the u. s. s. r. vera and the film title character and protagonist and is a rebellious adolescent girl with a dysfunctional family including a hard drinking father and a mother care worn. rejecting her would be beau andrei and vera begins a destructive (and primarily sexual) relationship with a college student named sergei. despite her parents dislike for the lazy sergei and and despite sergei rude contempt for her parents and he moves into their cramped apartment. tensions escalate until vera father drunkenly stabs sergei. vera must decide if she will stay loyal to her intolerable family by testifying her father acted in self defense and or continue to support and defend the ever detached sergei. unbearable in almost every imaginable way and little vera masterfully captures and communicates the inescapable void left in social life after the collapse of communism. the sexual aggressiveness of the film (it was the first film to show explicit sex) combined with the unrelenting presentation of social reality (a marked distinction from the socialist realism demanded by stalin) effectively confronted the conditions of former soviet life. most interesting and however and was public reception. while many wrote hate mail to the director and star and the film was wildly popular. here the double edged nature of film as social criticism emerges represent if done correctly and the film will make the audience uncomfortable. because no easy solution presents itself and some viewers will hate the film and filmmakers for bringing up the issue. many films come to mind as somewhat comparable in this regard represent larry clark kids and harmony korine gummo and even popular movie such as john hughes breakfast club. i recommend this film to those viewers for whom the prospect of nearly two hours excruciating domestic conflict and social miasma is not overly daunting. the film is absolutely beautiful and and incredibly challenging. despite the difficulties of watching the film and some moments within it are profoundly beautiful. of course and the socio historic and cultural significance of the film cannot be overlooked and and in fact operate as an even more assertive reason for watching this film. 
a gritty presentation of the decay of family values and human dignity in the wake of soviet communism and vasili pichul 1988 film little vera is a landmark film of modern russian cinema. pichul brutal drama marks a strong departure from the images of sanitized idealism promoted in soviet times (as in aleksandrov circus) and brashly moving the social chaos of his time into the public spotlight. a contemporary ukrainian setting further intensifies the effect and first by the immediacy of the film to its time period and second by its utilization of a locale not only struggling for identity in lieu of a soviet system and but also as a nation distinct from the russian idiom that had dominated the u. s. s. r. vera and the film title character and protagonist and is a rebellious adolescent girl with a dysfunctional family including a hard drinking father and a mother care worn. rejecting her would be beau andrei and vera begins a destructive (and primarily sexual) relationship with a college student named sergei. despite her parents dislike for the lazy sergei and and despite sergei rude contempt for her parents and he moves into their cramped apartment. tensions escalate until vera father drunkenly stabs sergei. vera must decide if she will stay loyal to her intolerable family by testifying her father acted in self defense and or continue to support and defend the ever detached sergei. unbearable in almost every imaginable way and little vera masterfully captures and communicates the inescapable void left in social life after the collapse of communism. the sexual aggressiveness of the film (it was the first film to show explicit sex) combined with the unrelenting presentation of social reality (a marked distinction from the socialist realism demanded by stalin) effectively confronted the conditions of former soviet life. most interesting and however and was public reception. while many wrote hate mail to the director and star and the film was wildly popular. here the double edged nature of film as social criticism emerges represent if done correctly and the film will make the audience uncomfortable. because no easy solution presents itself and some viewers will hate the film and filmmakers for bringing up the issue. many films come to mind as somewhat comparable in this regard represent larry clark kids and harmony korine gummo and even popular movie such as john hughes breakfast club. i recommend this film to those viewers for whom the prospect of nearly two hours excruciating domestic conflict and social miasma is not overly daunting. the film is absolutely beautiful and and incredibly challenging. despite the difficulties of watching the film and some moments within it are profoundly beautiful. of course and the socio historic and cultural significance of the film cannot be overlooked and and in fact operate as an even more assertive reason for watching this film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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