Fox Hunting (1980)

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A factory worker beaten up by two teenagers keeps visiting one of them in a youth prison, trying to understand why.

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Year
1980
Director
Vadim Abdrashitov
Starring
Vladimir Gostyukhin, Igor Nefyodov, Dmitry Kharatyan
Genre
Drama
Running time
1 h 36 min
Language
Russian, English subtitles
Studio
Mosfilm

About the film

Viktor Belov, a decent factory worker and amateur sportsman, is attacked in a park by two teenagers. One goes to a juvenile colony, the other gets a suspended sentence.

Instead of forgetting it, Belov starts visiting the boy in the colony. He wants an answer, and he slowly discovers a generation he does not understand.

The first of several sharp social dramas by director Vadim Abdrashitov and writer Alexander Mindadze in this collection.

Did you know?

  • The script is by Alexander Mindadze, Abdrashitov's regular writer.
  • The title refers to radio direction-finding, a sport the hero practises.

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