Letter To Brezhnev

LETTER TO BREZHNEV is a low-budget gem. Teresa (Margi Clarke) and Elaine (Alexandra Pigg) are best pals. Teresa works in a frozen-chicken factory and Elaine is unemployed, as are many thousands in the depressed area of Liverpool. One night the two decide to go out on the town. At a local spot Teresa steals a wallet, and the friends head for an upscale disco where they meet Peter (Peter Firth) and Sergei (Alfred Molina), two Russian sailors in Liverpool for some R&R. With the money she stole, Teresa rents a pair of hotel rooms and drags Sergei into hers. The sweeter, gentler Elaine spends the evening talking to Peter. Both are terminally romantic; and in the course ...