There's something about Russian films like Czech ones that makes them, more often than not, very watchable.
What should have been my least favourite type of film, a teenage romance is, in this case, a funny and touching film that adults can enjoy.
The story couldn't be simpler, or more overdone. A boy (Lyosha) falls for a girl (Vika) and struggles to get her attention. In this case these are working class kids not the over privileged middle class ones usually portrayed in this type of movie. Add to this a permanent state of hostility between his school and hers and the dysfunctional parents they both have.
My favourite character is Lyosha's mother who was clearly a young teen when she became pregnant with Lyosha and is more childlike than her son.
