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The Lover

5.820021h 36mMovieDramaRomance

This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with each new startling phase of discovery. At first he mourns for his dead wife, but then he discovers that he didn’t really know her.

DirectorValery Todorovsky
WriterGennadiy Ostrovskiy
ProducerAleksandr Akopov

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Cast · Directed by Valery Todorovsky

OYOleg Yankovsky
Oleg Yankovsky
Дмитрий Чарышев
SGSergey Garmash
Sergey Garmash
Иван
VVVera Voronkova
Vera Voronkova
Вера
VPValeriy Prokhorov
Valeriy Prokhorov
кондуктор
ISIrina Sokolova
Irina Sokolova
Sima
AS
Andrei Smirnov
Петя
VYVladimir Yumatov
Vladimir Yumatov
Адик
GKGalina Kashkovskaya
Galina Kashkovskaya
EKEvgeniy Kosyrev
Evgeniy Kosyrev
AKAleksey Kolokoltsev
Aleksey Kolokoltsev
ZZZinaida Zubkova
Zinaida Zubkova
IKIrina Kartashyova
Irina Kartashyova

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The Lover — streaming FAQ

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The Lover hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 12, 2002. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.