The Steamroller and the Violin
- IMDb link: 0053987
- IMDb rating: 7.4 (7,895 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast: Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Natalya Arkhangelskaya, Marina Adzhubei and others
- Release date: 18 Aug 1962
- Release year: 1961
- Runtime: 46 minutes
- Country: Soviet Union
- Keywords: slow cinema, arthouse, violin, russia, movie theater, apple, children, road roller, child practices violin, playing violin
Plot
Storyline
Seven-year-old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.
The seven-year-old fiddler (Igor Fomchenko) tries to sneak downstairs to his afternoon recital but is stopped first by neighborhood bullies, then by the sparkle of a mirrored window display, which gives him the world through spider eyes. A smiling girl sits by his side in the waiting room.
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