Lenin in Paris
4.8
1981
1 hr 46 min
History
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- Cast:
- Yuri Kayurov , Claude Jade , Vladimir Antonik , Valentina Svetlova , Pavel Kadochnikov , Antonina Maksimova , Boris Ivanov
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Sadly Over-hyped
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After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
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The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
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The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
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