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The Girls (Devchata, 1962) is a beloved Soviet romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Yuri Chulyukin, it drops a tiny, sharp-tongued young cook named Tosya Kislitsina into a logging camp deep in the Ural forests.
The settlement's golden boy, star lumberjack Ilya, bets his friends he can make this pigtailed newcomer fall for him within a week. She does fall, and then she learns about the wager. Pride wins out over heartbreak, and her cold shoulder rattles Ilya far more than he ever expected. The bunkhouse around them brims with life too: a level-headed friend, a brash roommate, a lovesick cook, each chasing a romance of their own.
Nadezhda Rumyantseva turned Tosya into one of the most charming heroines in Soviet cinema, and her sparring with Nikolai Rybnikov has been quoted by generations. Shot in real, biting winter cold, the squeaking snow and felt boots are genuine, which makes the warmth underneath hit harder. People come back to this one for the mood, not the plot. Stream The Girls (1962) online on iFILM.
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