Little Vera

Little Vera is a film that gives the more brutal side of the Soviet Union in the 1980's. At this time the 1980's for the Soviet's seem a little more chaotic than it was in America, even though it had similar aspects like sex and drugs. A lot of the film seemed to be consisted of Vera and her parents (whom are unnamed) being argumentive. Little Vera seemed to contrast most sharply with the films we have watched up to this point by showing what it was like for the citizens of the Soviet Union and what their personal lives were. The world of this film to the world of Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is more darker and uses shadows to set the mood of the film. Little Vera and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears both had happy moments in the beginning and showed the reality of pessimism of the characters actions. The treatment of drinking and alcholism differs in this film from what we have seen before because it's not shown as being even as close as being comical. Alcohol leads to the social problems of abuse, drugs, overdose on anti-depressants, violence and depression. Vera and her mother are the most sympathetic in Little Vera. I think the father is to blame for many of the family and personal tensions and discords that take place in the film.