at 20 minute this be short enough to be see by everyone . it illustrate neatly that cinema by 1930 have already acquire a status a art and entertainment combine . this be very accessible art and very russian the quick cut montage of sea and tree at the opening and it theme of existential loneliness and sentimentality that run throughout be quintessential characteristic of the russian psyche and yet remain very easily accessible . the key feature of the film though be the excellent soundtrack it really be outstanding . the music by alexis arkhangelsky and who be himself an outstanding classical composer ( his most performed piece be praise ye the name of the lord ) be obviously chopin and prokofiev inspire with the alto and mara griy ( the wife of the backer and so i understand ) and do a wonderful jobboth grigori aleksandrov and of course sergei eisenstein would remain the two most influential soviet director right up to the 1950s . it be interest to note that this film be make just a eisenstein be move to hollywood ( he never make the hollywood power under pea simply wouldn not countenance a soviet director the plan be that he make shaw arm and the man ) . romance sentimentale be group a avent guarde with lage dor ( which be still pretty disturb nearly a century later ) and blood of the poet but this be really avent guadre poetry and a move from dadaism and it desire to shock into surrealism and a more introverted internal viewpoint . the end a wonderful elegiac surprise and even though the film be experimental it remain truly mainstream in it vision overall . if you get a chance to see it it be well worth the effort .