I Am Twenty

About I Am Twenty

Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus.

I Am Twenty is a 1965 drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiyev. The film is filed under exhibition, may day, coming of age, and 1960s.

Valentin Popov takes the lead as Sergei Zhuravlyov, Nikolai Gubenko as Nikolai Fokin, Stanislav Lyubshin as Slava Kostikov, and Marianna Vertinskaya as Anya. Released in January 1965, it runs 165 minutes.

The screenplay is by Gennady Shpalikov and Marlen Khutsiyev. American members can watch it on Klassiki.

Moonrise Kingdom, Where the Crawdads Sing, and American Graffiti make useful companions to I Am Twenty. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 59 votes.