Woman of the Day

Late USSR, Almaty, polygamy, freedom and conventionality of life

Cast

Alika Smekhova

Alexei Rozenberg

Vadim Yefimov

Aleksandr Osipov

Valentina Reshetnikova

Larisa Osipova

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