Do You Know How to Live?

Do You Know How to Live? (1970) is a Soviet melodrama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Alexander Muratov. Sixty-five minutes, one clear-eyed woman, and a marriage that falls apart quickly.

Natasha Korolyuk grows up in a small town, finishes the conservatory, and follows a Moscow pianist named Alexander after falling for him. She figures him out fast: behind the artistic talk is a freeloader who wraps idleness in bohemian pretense. Irina Tereshchenko plays Natasha without self-pity — she acts, she decides, she leaves. Sergei Desnitsky, Georgy Martynyuk and Alexander Shirvindt round out the cast. Watch Do You Know How to Live? (1970) online on iFILM.