The Kiss

Directed by Roman Balayan

With Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Menshikov, Oleg Tabakov and Alexander Adabashyan

Lieutenant Ryabovich was accustomed to the monotonous life of an officer, but he found another life—society—difficult: ritual conversations, cards, billiards, chance encounters with random women. One of these women kisses Ryabovich in the house of a provincial landowner, and now the officer’s thoughts are consumed by her half-imaginary image. Meanwhile, the frivolous Lieutenant Lobytko teases his gentle friend, unaware of the danger.