# Assa (1987)

> A young musician’s forbidden love for a mobster’s mistress becomes a charged portrait of desire, danger, and late-Soviet musical rebellion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/32112

## Facts

- Runtime: 150 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance, Music
- Director: Sergei Solovyov
- Cast: Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Aleksandr Bashirov, Alexandr Domogarov, Kirill Kozakov, Viktor Tsoi, Aleksandr Sporykhin
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094683/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: melancholic, rebellious, dreamy, late night viewing, soviet cinema marathon

## Synopsis

A passionate musician finds himself entangled in a dangerous love triangle amidst the shadows of organized crime.

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