Letters to a Former Life(1994)
A terrorist act - an explosion in a subway train, after which everyone considers the hero dead, allows him to start life "from scratch". A rich lady from the "new Russians" falls in love with him. But soon he begins to write anonymous love letters to his wife, who is sure that after the tragic explosion in the subway she is a widow.
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A terrorist act - an explosion in a subway train, after which everyone considers the hero dead, allows him to start life "from scratch". A rich lady from the "new Russians" falls in love with him. But soon he begins to write anonymous love letters to his wife, who is sure that after the tragic explosion in the subway she is a widow.
Release Date
1994-06-14
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7
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3.5 startsTagline
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Pусский
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