Lone Star Film Festival - The Vanished Empire

105 min. | Russia

1973- Moscow, the hottest contraband is blue jeans and western rock music, traded on the black market, and it’s just what 18-year-old student Sergey Narbekov (Alexander Lyapin) needs to impress Lyuda (Lidiya Milyuzina). At a time when the old school of respected intellectualism is beginning to lose ground with Russian youth to the elements of western pop culture leaking through, these typical pursuits of students, who happen to be Russian, present a charming and intriguing glimpse into Russia during the mid-70’s with the expertise of esteemed filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov. -Janis Jolcuvar

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