Russia, Bolshevik revolution (1917). The civil war that follows the revolution keeps the country deeply divided. In the midst of the conflict, we witness the intimate drama of a man struggling to survive. This man is Zhivago, poet and surgeon, husband and lover, whose war-torn life affects the lives of others, including Tonya, his wife, and Lara, the woman he falls passionately in love with. (FILMAFFINITY)
