The film begins with the arrival of a young girl called Ilona (Yekaterina Politova), who is brought somewhat reluctantly by her parents to a boarding school clinic, which treats children with polio and other spinal issues. As well as its critical stance on Communism, it was controversial due to nude scenes involving some of the young cast in the medical scenes. Just a few months after the film was made came the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. That war ended in February that year with Soviet withdrawal and failure. In a couple of scenes it mentions the Soviet–Afghan War, with one girl's father revealed to be fighting in the war. ![]() It was made during the dying days of the Soviet Union, and reflects the growing discontent towards the Soviet system. ![]() It Happened Near the Sea ( Russian: Это было у моря) is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Ayan Shakhmaliyeva.
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