The Sentimental Policeman

Directed by Kira Muratova

With Nikolay Shatokhin, Irina Kovalenko, Natalya Ralleva, Yuri Shlykov and Vladimir Karasyov

In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odesa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an unusually affectionate and cozy relationship, decide to try and adopt the little one. What they must go through to accomplish that goal is anything but straightforward.