Melon

Melon (Дыня, 1982) is a short Soviet drama by Viktor Pusurmanov you can watch online on iFILM. Its hero, Bolat, is decent and honest to a fault — the kind of man who simply can't walk past someone in trouble.

At a pier market he buys a melon for a pleasant fellow traveler and misses his train. No money, no papers, and yet he keeps helping every stranger he meets. Running barely an hour, this Kazakh short leans on character rather than plot twists: kindness here goes unrewarded but never breaks. A quiet pick for anyone who likes Soviet shorts without a moral hammered home.