I watched part of Dom Solntsa the other night on Russian TV 1000. The theme and production values are very similar to Valeri Todorovski's Stilyagi , but the time frame is the 1970s and the rise of the Soviet hippie culture. The director, Garik Sukachev, is steeped in this era. He published a book in 2007, which served as the script for the movie. He pays tribute to pioneer rock band, Mashina Vremeni , in a very amusing scene where the band takes over a Soviet concert with a stature of Lenin behind them. As in Hipsters , we see a young person turn her back on the party line and join a counter culture group. In this case, Sasha chooses to turn her back on her parents and join this band of misfits, led by Solntsa, a golden haired version of Jim Morrison. They flee the confines of Moscow for the coastline of Crimea. This seaside resort area has been featured in a number of Russian movies as of late. Unfortunately, it is hard to track down a cop...