The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981. This was the third time a Soviet film had won an Academy Award. Moscow, 1950s. Three young girls travel to Moscow in search of what many seek in every capital in the world - love, happiness, and prosperity. The friends live in a dormitory, and each one of them tries to find their place in this vast city. But each has their own way of doing this. IMDb rating: 8,1 Year of production: 1979