Synopsis
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks filmed almost entirely in creams, whites, and ochers, the clownish and superfluous Romano Patroni leaves his wife's opulent home to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman whose marriage is a horror. He pursues her into the Russian heartland and returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love. His amazed and appreciative Russian listener then narrates a shorter story.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Foreign
Release date: February 1, 1987
Runtime: 117 min
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer: Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Adabashyan
Main cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Silvana Mangano, Vsevolod Larionov, Elena Safonova, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov