Five Evenings

Five Evenings

Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

Produced by Mosfilm

1979103 min6.1 / 10

A tender, melancholic reunion between two lovers separated by war and time, exploring whether passion can reignite after two decades of absence.

The end of the 1950s. Aleksandr Petrovich Ilyin travels to the city where he lived before the war. Visiting the telephone operator Zoya, he sees a familiar house through the window and decides to go there for only fifteen minutes. So Aleksandr gets into a communal apartment, where the love of his youth Tamara Vasilyevna lives. They met twenty years ago and fell in love, but the war separated them. Now Ilyin and Tamara Vasilyevna met again, and love broke out with renewed vigor...

Questions people ask

  • Is Five Evenings violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Five Evenings sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Five Evenings scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Five Evenings easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Does Five Evenings end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity53

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Love25

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