The Stray White and the Speckled

The Stray White and the Speckled (1986)

Чужая белая и рябой

In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant plots… One of the most vivid staples of the postwar childhood were pigeons. They could be bought, sold or stolen. One day a beautiful white dove appeared over the town. Risking his life, Ivan caught the White. And immediately became the target of the "pigeon" mafia…

Date of release
1986-10-30
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sergei Solovyov

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival

Wild Pigeon is a 1986 Soviet drama film written and directed by Sergei Solovyov. It was entered into the main competition at the 43rd Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Special Jury Prize. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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