Struggling for one's personal life

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2017)

Dr Zhivago is not a hero and doesn't strive to become one. He lacks strong will and doesn't like to make decisions. He yearns for a life on his own terms as a physician and poet, and his childish innocence helps him get through the Bolshevik revolution. But the ruthlessness of history always seems to get to him, while he continuously tries to escape it. Unlike the opportunist Komarovsky who loves the pleasures of life, and the fanatic Strelnikov who is committed to his ideology, Dr Zhivago loves - as simple as that.