Coming of Age

Coming of Age

Explore our collection of classic and contemporary films about the passage from childhood to adulthood. From the streetwise kids of modern Ukraine to the rebellious teens of perestroika, these films combine the personal and the political to powerful effect.

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Coming of Age
  • No Path Through Fire
    No Path Through Fire
    Movie + 3 extras

    No Path Through Fire

    Movie + 3 extras

    Directed by Gleb Panfilov • 1967 • USSR/Russia

    The debut feature from Gleb Panfilov, marking his first collaboration with his future wife and muse Inna Churikova, No Path Through Fire is a classic of sixties cinema. Set during the Russian Civil War and following the fate of military nurse Tanya,...

  • Tough Kids
    Tough Kids
    Movie + 1 extra

    Tough Kids

    Movie + 1 extra

    Directed by Dinara Asanova • 1983 • USSR/Russia

    A former athlete leads a sports summer camp for troubled teens in this drama from Dinara Asanova. Famed for her use of improvisation, Asanova uses this chronicle of a summer to investigate the paradoxical vulnerability of these supposedly “tough” o...

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