a gritty presentation of the decay of family value and human dignity in the wake of soviet communism and vasili pichul 1988 film little vera be a landmark film of modern russian cinema . pichul brutal drama mark a strong departure from the image of sanitized idealism promote in soviet time ( a in aleksandrov circus ) and brashly move the social chaos of his time into the public spotlight . a contemporary ukrainian set further intensifies the effect and first by the immediacy of the film to it time period and second by it utilization of a locale not only struggle for identity in lieu of a soviet system and but also a a nation distinct from the russian idiom that have dominate the u. s. s. r. vera and the film title character and protagonist and be a rebellious adolescent girl with a dysfunctional family include a hard drinking father and a mother care worn . reject her would be beau andrei and vera begin a destructive ( and primarily sexual ) relationship with a college student name sergei . despite her parent dislike for the lazy sergei and and despite sergei rude contempt for her parent and he move into their cramped apartment . tension escalate until vera father drunkenly stabs sergei . vera must decide if she will stay loyal to her intolerable family by testify her father act in self defense and or continue to support and defend the ever detach sergei . unbearable in almost every imaginable way and little vera masterfully capture and communicate the inescapable void leave in social life after the collapse of communism . the sexual aggressiveness of the film ( it be the first film to show explicit sex ) combine with the unrelenting presentation of social reality ( a mark distinction from the socialist realism demand by stalin ) effectively confront the condition of former soviet life . most interesting and however and be public reception . while many write hate mail to the director and star and the film be wildly popular . here the double edged nature of film a social criticism emerge represent if do correctly and the film will make the audience uncomfortable . because no easy solution present itself and some viewer will hate the film and filmmaker for bring up the issue . many film come to mind a somewhat comparable in this regard represent larry clark kid and harmony korine gummo and even popular movie such a john hughes breakfast club . i recommend this film to those viewer for whom the prospect of nearly two hour excruciate domestic conflict and social miasma be not overly daunt . the film be absolutely beautiful and and incredibly challenge . despite the difficulty of watch the film and some moment within it be profoundly beautiful . of course and the socio historic and cultural significance of the film can not be overlook and and in fact operate a an even more assertive reason for watch this film .