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I Wish to Speak

6.419762h 25mMovieDrama

The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.

DirectorGleb Panfilov
WriterGleb Panfilov
ProducerNikolay Neelov

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I Wish to Speak isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Russia. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Gleb Panfilov

ICInna Churikova
Inna Churikova
Elizaveta Uvarova
NGNikolai Gubenko
Nikolai Gubenko
Sergei Uvarov
LBLeonid Bronevoy
Leonid Bronevoy
Пётр Васильевич Алтухов, бывший председатель горисполкома
VSVasiliy Shukshin
Vasiliy Shukshin
Фёдор, местный драматург
ERErnst Romanov
Ernst Romanov
доцент Козлов
YSYury Shepelev
Yury Shepelev
uncle
VZ
Vitaliy Zhabovskiy
Yura Uvarov
VKValentina Kovel
Valentina Kovel
Tatyana
VMVadim Medvedev
Vadim Medvedev
Vladimir Vikentievich
NSNikolai Sergeyev
Nikolai Sergeyev
Stepan Trofimovich
IS
Ivan Selianin
old Bolshevik
SZSergey Zhukovich
Sergey Zhukovich
Fyodor

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