Song of Happiness

A coming-of-age story about a flute-playing boy (Yyvan Kyrla) from the Mari people, a national minority who lived near the Volga, and how he is educated by the Soviet state.

Director: Mark Donskoy, Vladimir Legoshin

Cast: Mikhail Viktorov, Vladimir Gardin, Yanina Zheymo, Boris Tenin, Boris Chirkov, Fyodor Nikitin, I. Moskvin, Evgeniy Velikhov

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.