Assa (1987)7.6 /10

Storyline:  Set in Crimea during the winter of 1980, ASSA follows Bananan, a young underground musician who falls in love with Alika, the restless mistress of a powerful mobster, Krymov. Their doomed romance unfolds against the gray backdrop of Soviet decay and the stirrings of cultural rebellion, while a parallel 19th-century plot of political assassination echoes themes of defiance and betrayal across time.