there be a lot about little vera that be strange to me . all in all i do enjoy this movie and but a lot of the way the character behave be not what i be use to . for example the environment that vera family live in be very tense . almost every time the family be together they be either drinking and fighting or yelling and frequently it be a combination of the three . after i have view the film i felt tense because of all the confrontation that take place during it . i be however very interested in watch the story if this middle class russian family . throughout the entire film we be remind of the industrialized state of russia because of the repeated shot of a train passing by the screen . it give the viewer a sense of a mechanically lived life . the character seem to be focus on live their life through work and drinking after work . there be not a feeling of happiness throughout the film . the only time a character be not yell be when vera first fell in love with her fiancé sergei . this be very short live because the viewer late discovers ( after sergei lock vera father in a bathroom and vera let him out after which the father proceeds to stab sergei ) that he be abusive . another time vera be tell that the only reason she be bear be so the family could get a large apartment . it be very interesting watch how both vera and the family be able to cope with each other behavior . the film be definitely worth watch because of it depiction of how life could be in area of russia .