Smile Upon Us, Lord.
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Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Aleksei Guskov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Vladimir Simonov, Yulia Rutberg
Originally produced by Stage Russia in 2019.
Rimas Tuminas' adaptation of two novels by Grigory Kanovich, is a dreamy, ruminative, comedic road trip, centering around the parlous fortunes of Eastern European Jews at the start of the 20th century. A period piece that carries a modern conscious, Smile Upon Us, is a Becket-like "Waiting for Jehovah" featuring three towering figures from the Russian stage, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksei Guskov and Vladimir Simonov.