Summaries
Alexander, Boris and Vasily are three old friends, who now rarely see each other as they are busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.

Review
Childhood, youth, young age, and finally middle age: main goals in life are achieved, your occupation and social position are clear and you have reached a certain level in life, nothing is going to be changed, the major efforts to prove to the world that you are something are behind, you are surrounded by work colleagues, and you wonder if that’s the way your childhood dream got materialized and what is next ? Do you have enough courage to meet now your childhood friends, with whom you used to sail rafts on that little river ? And to see what became of them, and let them see what became of you ? To see how much you drifted away from your childhood self ? The three from “Vernye druzia” did this. A very highly ranking architect, a famous surgeon, and elite horses breeder gonna leave all their adult cares and troubles in the big city and sail again the raft down the river for three weeks of their vacation. You go with them to take part in there adventures and be the witness of their inner change.

7.22GB | 1h 40mn | 1488×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/1C66B2D493CACCE/Vernye.druzjya.1954.BDRip.1080p.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/CFCBC0D6BDEEBB1/Vernye.druzjya.1954.BDRip.1080p-eng-re-sync.srt

Language(s):Russian
Subtitles:English

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Based on the short story “A Gentle Being” by Dostoievski.

“St. Petersburg. The capital. Hardly any other place could influence a man’s soul in such dark, harsh and mysterious ways … like St. Petersburg does it. Now, see for yourselves what is happening in those big black dusky houses of St. Petersburg. Look closer. And see for yourselves – what kind of life this is.”

1.32GB | 1h 10mn | 720×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9A4B40FA35BEEC1/Krotkaya.1960.DVDrip.X264.AC3.AVIS.PBT.mkv

Language:Russian
Subtitles:English

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