Alert

Alert (1980) — watch online on iFILM, a Soviet TV drama directed by Yevgeny Makarov. A sightseeing boat moves along Leningrad's Griboyedov Canal. A young woman runs the tour. One passenger — a border guard captain — tells her directly: the lecture is dull, and this is not really what she should be doing. He asks her to come away with him.

Lyubov Virolainen and Anatoly Pustokhin play two people from very different worlds who find themselves in the same unexpected conversation. Her life has not turned out as she imagined. His sense of purpose is absolute. Ninety minutes, one boat, one proposal — and a choice with no easy answer. Stream Alert online on iFILM.