55 градусов ниже нуля, 55 gradusov nizhe nulya
Those are from the film called 55 градусов ниже нуля, 55 gradusov nizhe nulya (Soviet Union 1986) 1. Spanking Dialogues and References: In the family conversation the mother says roughly: “There's nobody to spank you and Dimka. Spank you and not let you cry.” It is a complaint that no one is left to physically raise the now-adult children. Lena is arguing with her parents that her marriage to Georgiy will no longer improve and that she has decided to go her own way. Her mom are trying to persuade her to make an effort and somehow settle things (their son is already 12 years old, “it should have settled by now”). Lena insists that it will not settle. She is expressing that Lena (and also the younger son Dimka) are behaving stubbornly, egoistically and disobediently even as adults. In the past, such behaviour (obstinacy, divorce-minded attitudes, independent decisions against the family’s wishes) would have been corrected by physical punishment. It is not a reaction to any specific ...