Lika

Lika (1978) is a Soviet TV melodrama you can watch online on iFILM. An intimate story of two sisters and how far each is ready to go for family and for love.

Lika has walked out on her husband. Her older sister Nina turns up hoping to save the marriage, and their conversation lays bare two truths that cannot be reconciled. Lika (Yevgenia Simonova) won't settle for anything less than happiness built on mutual love. Nina (Larisa Malevannaya) is willing to give up a great deal to keep a family intact. The film refuses to crown a winner — it simply sets the two stances face to face. It was directed by Ion Ungureanu and Lidia Ishimbayeva.

A quiet, talky seventies drama carried by its two lead actresses and the precise pitch of an argument in which both women are sincere. Watch Lika (1978) online on iFILM.