Happy Go Lucky (1972 film) explained

Happy Go Lucky
Director:Vasily Shukshin
Producer:Yakov Zvonkov
Starring:Vasily Shukshin
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Vsevolod Sanayev
Georgi Burkov
Zinovy Gerdt
Cinematography:Anatoly Zabolotsky
Music:Pavel Chekalov
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian
Runtime:90 min

Happy Go Lucky (Russian: Печки-лавочки|Pechki-lavochki, literally Stoves and benches — ironic regional saying that may mean Various subjects for casual conversations or/and Distracting lies depending on the certain context) is a 1972 Soviet comedy film directed by Vasily Shukshin.[1]

Plot

Story about a travel of married couple from a far-off village in the Altai Mountains to the southern sea. For the first time in life spouses go to the holiday according to the trade-union committee permit moreover in a separate coupe. Road adventures and a rhythm of new life carry them away, but among beauty of the southern nature they can't forget about native places and close people who wait for their return.[2]

Cast

Facts

Notes and References

  1. https://letterboxd.com/film/happy-go-lucky-1972 Letterboxd • Your life in film
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=d0xWDwAAQBAJ&dq=Happy+Go+Lucky+Shukshin+1972&pg=PA33 Pavel Lyssakov, Stephen M Norris, The City in Russian Culture
  3. http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=856129&cid=7 На Алтае завершились Шукшинские дни
  4. http://www.mega-stars.ru/actors/kuravlyev.php Биография Леонида Вячеславовича Куравлёва