简介：AcontemplationoftheNewSovietManrunshead-firstintoaromanticcomedywithmusicinthisfilmfromtheSovietUnion,whichwashighlycontroversialuponinitialrelease.Dr.Stepanov(YuriYurev)isawell-knownandgiftedsurgeonwhosetalentismatchedonlybyhisarrogance;heconstantlybossesaroundhisassistant,Fydor(MaksimStraukh),andhiswife,Masha(OlgaZhizneva).Mashaisbeautifulandagreatdealmorecharmingthanherhusband,andshesoonattractstheattentionsofGrishaFokin(DmitriDorliak),ayoungmanwhoisquiteinfatuatedwithher.AsGrishapursuesMasha,thecharactersdebatetheroleoffreeloveandfreewillwithintheSovietsocialandpoliticaleconomy,aswellasthejunctureofthebodyandthemind.StrogiyYunosharanintoconsiderableopositionfromgovernmentcensorsonceitwascompleted,andwasbannedbySovietauthoritiesafteronlytwomonthsofrelease,whichledtodirectorAbramRoom'sbanishmentfromUkrainfilmStudio.Thefilmwaslaterrevivedaspartoftheretrospective"AnotherHistoryOfSovietFilms1926-1968,"whichwaspresentedatthe53rdLocarnoFilmFestivalinAugust,2000.~MarkDeming,AllMovieGuide…