Love and Pigeons explained

Love and Pigeons
Director:Vladimir Menshov
Starring:Aleksandr Mikhailov
Nina Doroshina
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Music:Valentin Levashov
Cinematography:Yuriy Nevskiy
Editing:R. Pesetskaya
Studio:Mosfilm
Runtime:107 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

Love and Pigeons (Russian: Любовь и голуби|Lübov’ i golubi) is a Soviet romantic comedy-drama, filmed in 1984, at the Mosfilm film studio by director Vladimir Menshov, whose previous film Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is based on a script written by theater actor Vladimir Gurkin. The script is based on his play of the same name, written in 1981.[1]

The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1984 and sold over 44.5 million tickets.[2]

Plot

Vasily Kuzyakin (Alexander Mikhailov), a forestry worker who is fond of pigeon breeding, lives in the countryside with his wife Nadezhda (Nina Doroshina) and their three children: eldest daughter Lyudka (Yanina Lisovskaya), who left for the city, but returned to the village after an unsuccessful marriage; son Lyonka (Igor Lyakh), a cheerful fellow who loved technology; and the youngest daughter, Olya (Lada Sizonenko), the favorite of her father.

Nadezhda, a woman who was rather grumpy, considers her husband frivolous because he spends family money to buy expensive pigeons and constantly reproaches him for these purchases. An elderly couple lives next door to the Kuzyakins — baba Shura (Natalya Tenyakova) and uncle Mitya (Sergey Yursky), in whose family there are constant conflicts.

Uncle Mitya is a bit of an alcoholic, but his wife tries to keep a tight grip on him. Therefore, he uses every opportunity to keep his drinking secret from his strict wife (e.g. he arranges an impromptu funeral feast for her, although she did not die).

One day Vasily gets an industrial injury and leaves on a trip to the seaside for treatment. At the resort, he meets Raisa Zakharovna (Lyudmila Gurchenko), an employee of the personnel department of the forestry enterprise in which Vasily works. This city dweller, a flighty and exalted lady, fascinates Vasily with her amazing stories about psychics, telekinesis, astral bodies, and humanoids. What takes place is a holiday romance.

As a result, Vasily leaves the family for his new lover, which they tell his wife and children about in a letter. After reading the letter, Nadezhda has a tantrum. On the same stormy evening, Raisa Zakharovna herself pays a visit to the Kuzyakins, hoping to find an agreeable arrangement and settle everything in peace. Raisa tells Nadezhda that she is an employee of the personnel department, but does not give details. The overwrought Nadezhda talks to her about her errant husband. However, after finding out who she is, Nadezhda causes a scandal and rushes at Raisa with her fists. Ultimately, Raisa leaves with nothing.

After that conflict, Nadezhda sinks into depression. The children are also offended by their father, especially Lyonka, who threatens to kill him as soon as he sees him. At the same time, the life together of Raisa and Vasily living together in harmony does not work out because they are people of "different social strata." Furthermore, Vasily misses his family. As a result, he leaves Raisa.

For Nadezhda it is the third day, she lies sad on the bed; the children, Uncle Mitya and Baba Shura are trying to comfort her. Lyudka was going to leave in a few days for the city. However, they get into a quarrel with their mother, as Nadezhda remembers her how she came to her from the city. As a result, she apologizes to her daughter for yelling at her. Olya asks Lyudka not to leave as all three of them burst into tears.

Uncle Mitya jokingly said that there would be a flood due to all their tears. Baba Shura mentioned how much he "drank blood" from her. The four of them pounce on him with accusations, go out into the street, and happen to see Vasily come. A big scandal comes about as Vasily leaves. Nadezhda asks Baba Shura to tell him to come to the river. They secretly meet at this hideaway for 2 months. Vasily finds out that Nadezhda is pregnant and decides to return home. They climb into the dovecote and see that Lenka has returned from college. Nadezhda goes out into the street, Lenka told her that he was being taken to the army, and he asks her to call his father. The film ends with Lenka being sent off to the army while launching his pigeons into the sky.

Production

Cast

The film crew

Awards

The Golden Rook Award at the Torremolinos International Comedy Film Festival in 1985.

MTV Russia Movie Awards in 2009, nomination "Best Soviet Film".

Premieres

Video releases

VHS — publisher "Close—up" (1997), VCD on two discs — publisher "Lizard Digital Video" (1997), DVD5 (without restoration, mono) - publisher "Close-up" (2003), DVD9 — publisher "Close-up" (restoration of sound and pictures) (2007), Blu-ray — publisher "Close-up" (restoration of sound and pictures) (2010).

Radio and theater productions

Year of the first theatrical production — 1982, radio — 1986.

Author: Vladimir Gurkin

Performer: Artists of the Sovremennik Theater

Radio performance of the Sovremennik Theater based on the play by Vladimir Gurkin.

Directed by Valery Fokin

Cast

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lyubov i golubi. IMDb.
  2. Ф. Раззаков. Гибель советского кино: Тайны закулисной войны, 1973-1991. Изд-во "ЭКСМО", 2008. Стр. 688.
  3. Web site: "Любовь и голуби": детали, факты и редкие кадры из фильма . 2016-01-26 . 2016-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127005146/http://bigpicture.ru/?p=506592.
  4. Web site: "Любовь и голуби": тайны создания любимого фильма . 2017-11-04 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010116/http://donbass.ua/news/culture/cinema/2015/01/08/ljubov-i-golubi-tainy-sozdanija-ljubimogo-filma.html .
  5. Web site: Где снимали "Любовь и голуби" . 2017-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171016191422/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25778060 . 2017-10-16.
  6. https://stolicaonego.ru/news/foto-vosstanovlennaja-golubjatnja-na-meste-semok-filma-ljubov-i-golubi-v-karelii/ ФОТО: Жители Карелии восстановили голубятню на месте съемок фильма "Любовь и голуби" | СТОЛИЦА на Онего
  7. Web site: Голубятню на месте съемок фильма "Любовь и голуби" восстановили в Медвежьегорском районе - "Республика" . 2020-05-13 . 2019-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190909174957/http://rk.karelia.ru/social/culture/golubyatnyu-na-meste-semok-lyubov-i-golubi-vosstanovili-v-medvezhegorskom-rajone/ .
  8. Web site: "Дяди Мити больше нет". Житель Медвежьегорска о том, как снимали "Любовь и голуби" и восстановили голубятню Новости . 2020-05-13 . 2021-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509203906/https://www.karelia.news/news/2309244/dadi-miti-bolse-net-zitel-medvezegorska-o-tom-kak-snimali-lubov-i-golubi-i-vosstanovili-golubatnu .
  9. Web site: "Любовь и голуби": детали, факты и редкие кадры из фильма . 2016-01-26 . 2020-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200221131723/http://goodnew.ru/films/100-lyubov-i-golubi-detali-i-fakty.html .
  10. Web site: Что вырезали из фильма "Любовь и голуби"? (+видео).
  11. Web site: Механотерапия в Ессентуках .
  12. Web site: "Любовь и голуби" прописались в Черемхове. В городе угольщиков открыли памятник Василию и Надежде Кузякиным.
  13. Web site: Lyubov i golubi (1984).