The Irony of Fate: The Sequel Articles
THE IRONY OF FATE Strikes Again
"Much like Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life in American culture," writes Peter Finn in the Washington Post, "the Soviet film The Irony of Fate has a permanent home in Russian hearts — and on TV screens every holiday season." Finn describes Eldar Ryazanov's 184-minute 1975 romantic comedy-drama as "a sweet, witty romance that also took a sly shot at homogenization in Soviet life." Though [...]