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Table of Contents

 

Chapter Theme Film, scenes Vocabulary
 1 Life choice in the Soviet Union Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)

  1. A conversation between Liudmila and Kateria about husband-hunting in Moscow
  2. Liudmila meets her husband.
 Biography and personality
 2 Housing The Irony of Fate (1975)

  1. Zhenya discusses Galya with his mother
  2. Ippolit encounters Zhenya in Nadya’s apartment
  3. Conversation between Ippolit, Nadya and Zhenya
 Family and discussion phrases

 
3 Clothes and fashion Office Romance (1977)

  1. Vierochka and Kalugina discuss high boots
  2. Vierochka and Kalugina discuss fashion
  3. Kalugina at home
  4. Kalugina’s transformation
 Clothes
4 Gender stereotypes Office Romance (1977)

Novoseltsev describes Kalugina

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)

  1. Katya confesses to Antonina
  2. Katya meets Gosha
  3. The talk between Gosha and Aleksandra
  4. Gosha, Katya and Aleksandra talk in the kitchen
 Gender roles
5 Free time and feasts The Irony of Fate (1975)

Nadya’s friends meet ‘Ippolit’

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)

Antonina and Nikolay’s father talk at their dacha

 Food

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