Yevgeni BAUER Евгений БАУЭР Evgueni BAUER   Russia, 1917, 41 mn  Black and white, silent, fiction

For happiness ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ За счастьем    A la recherche du bonheur  Za schastyem

Plot synopsis

Since the death of her husband, Zoya has lived alone with her daughter Li. For years she kept secret her adolescent affair with a lawyer. Worried by Li's eyesight problems, the family doctor suggests that the widow takes her daughter to the seaside for rest. Reluctant at first, Li, manages to persuade the lawyer to meet up with them there. One day the teenager confesses to a youth that she is in love with the lawyer. By an unfortunate chance her confession is overheard by the two adults.
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Selected in the following festivals :

- Europalia Russia 2005, Brussels (Belgium), 2005

- La Rochelle International Film Festival, La Rochelle (France), 1995

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