# A Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, a Red Rose an Emblem of Love (1990)

> An eccentric late-Soviet apartment-house romance turns social instability into surreal, bittersweet comedy.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/89934

## Facts

- Runtime: 139 min
- Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Director: Sergei Solovyov
- Cast: Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Abdulov, Aleksandr Zbruev, Ludmila Savelyeva, Aleksandr Bashirov, Mikhail Danilov, Yuriy Shumilo, Ilya Ivanov
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097062/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, surreal, melancholic, arthouse movie night, late night viewing

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