This film screened on Tuesday 28th March 2017.

Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar (1981), this romantic comedy follows three young women in 1950s Moscow. Lyudmila is the flirt; Antonina is the motherly type; Katya is a chemistry student working at a factory. By 1979, the three are still friends and together take on new challenges.

Dr Ruth Barton will discuss real-life and cinematic representations of young Soviet women.

This event is taking place as part of the From Russia with Film Evening Course which runs from March 21st to April 25th at the IFI. Tickets are €70 (including tea/coffee) for complete course (concessions €65). Please book your place by calling Sharon Corrigan on 01 679 5744 or email scorrigan@irishfilm.ie. Individual tickets are not available.