I Believe

The film tells about the events in Tatarstan on 02.08.1990. The first part is Tatarstan. Kazan. A young man rides in an empty electric train carriage, talks about his attitude to faith in God (behind the scenes). Father Vladimir gives interviews (sinhr.). A woman walks through the forest (winter shooting). Service in one of the churches. People with placards and flags at a rally in one of the city's squares demand the public abolition of the tacit discriminatory acts of the Crimean Tatars. Writer V.P. Aksenov, who came from the United States, meets with his father, gives interviews (sinhr.). V.P. Aksenov's parents talk about their life (sinhr.) At home. The second part Chronicle footage: Tatarstan. Kazan. 1990 The people at the rally. The young man talks (behind the scenes) about his attitude towards the communists and restructuring at home (filmed from the back). NDP on the sculptural group in the park. Father Julian, deacon of the cemetery church, clears snow from the graves, tells about the history of the Orthodox Church. Singing Ivan plays the piano, sings in church, talks about his life (sinhr.). NDP on the interiors of the church. Believers pray (sync.) During the service. Worker Stanislav Motkov expresses his views on the creation of a humane society in Russia (sinhr.). Children play on the street of the city. The third part is Tatarstan. Kazan. Priests visiting a New Year tree with mentally retarded children in an orphanage. Father Julian with the singer Ivan walk along the cemetery, singing church songs (sinhr.), Winter shooting)). NDP on the graves. Chronicle footage: Kazan, 1990. Fragments of the meeting, against political discrimination and arbitrariness of the Central Committee of the TASSR. Writer V.P. Aksenov and his parents give interviews (sinhr.) At home. Men hang the state flags of the USSR on houses in the city. Road transport on the streets. Historian, editor of the magazine "Marksist", member of the Democratic Labor Party, postman Alexander Hatsey participates in a rally against political arbitrariness, talks about the benefits of Marxism, his negative attitude towards the Orthodox faith at home (sinhr.). The fourth part Children in a lesson in Sunday school answer questions from teachers, sing church songs (sync.). Director of the school Sergei Rebko gives an interview (sinhr.). A young man rides in an empty electric train carriage, gives interviews (behind the scenes). Snow fields (removed from the train carriage). A woman walks through the forest (winter shooting). Wooden houses. In the background is a church. NDP in the field, forest.

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1078,9

A. Privin