Little Vera

The film "Little Vera" is very different from the rest of the movies we've seen so far. First of all this film seems to be much more westernized than the rest of the films up until this point. From the way the characters dress to the way they act, the film screams western stylization. At one point one of the characters is even wearing a "puma" shirt. Even their hair styles are extremely similar to what was common and stylious in America at the time.It is rare to see the rebel youth role to the extremes as these in Russian films as well. In the beginning of the film where the fight breaks out at the dance, it reminded me a little bit of the scene in the film "Warriors" when the meeting of all the gangs gets busted by the cops. Vera's promiscus and rebelious nature is unseen in earlier Russian films. This film also portrays the use of alcohol in a very negative way, which unlike the rest of the movies we've seen so far. In the rest of the films the use of alcohol happens in a celebritory sense, in "Little Vera" they drink as a way to try to escape their problems. This always compounds their problems instead of mending them, it leads to Vera's father stabbing Tolik in a drunken arguement, and Vera overdosing on anti-depressants as well.