Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
One of the first films to address the Soviet generation gap, MONOLOGUE manages to pull it off not once but twice: it saddles an irascible professor with a sudden return of his wayward daughter, who left her own daughter for him to raise eighteen years ago. Personalities clash and a comfortable routine crumbles, but family ties prevail. Mikhail Gluzskii creates an immensely memorable character, and popular leading lady Marina Neelova holds her own as his free-spirit daughter. In this scene, his granddaughter re-enacts the rebellion of her mother, who plays the role of the nagging and ignored parent.
One of the first films to address the Soviet generation gap, MONOLOGUE manages to pull it off not once but twice: it saddles an irascible professor with a sudden return of his wayward daughter, who left her own daughter for him to raise eighteen years ago. Personalities clash and a comfortable routine crumbles, but family ties prevail. Mikhail Gluzskii creates an immensely memorable character, and popular leading lady Marina Neelova holds her own as his free-spirit daughter. In this scene, his granddaughter re-enacts the rebellion of her mother, who plays the role of the nagging and ignored parent.
