Directed by Kira Muratova • 1978 • USSR/Russia

On a rough and tumble construction site, the conversation flows and love blooms for trio Lyuba, Misha, and Kolya. In the liminal space of their workplace, they build material and intangible connections. Kira Muratova’s signature eye for the foibles and quirks of human nature is on full display in this elliptical, entrancing film, which she claimed was her favourite of her own works.

GETTING TO KNOW THE BIG WIDE WORLD • ПОЗНАВАЯ БЕЛЫЙ СВЕТ
Directed by Kira Muratova
Written by Grigory Baklanov and Kira Muratova
Cinematography by Yuri Klimenko
Music by Valentin Silvestrov
Starring: Nina Ruslanova, Sergei Popov, Lyudmila Gurchenko

In Russian with English subtitles