Lobanovskie Suffering

The film tells about the changes in the life of the Lobanovo settlement of the Perm region and its inhabitants during the perestroika policy. Consists of six stories. 1st and 2nd parts. "On the benefits of unemployment". View of the Lobanovo village. A disabled man without legs on a special trolley drives along the highway, pushing off with his hands. Rehearsal of the folk choir (sinhr.). View of the church in the evening. Restaurant in the church building; restaurant visitors sit at tables, dance; wall paintings depicting scenes from peasant life in a restaurant. An interview with a former graphic artist, in which he talks about how he became unemployed (sinhr.). Red flag on the roof of the local administration building. A graphic designer in the studio shows a portrait of V. I. Lenin, made by him during his work. Landscapes of the artist-designer at home. The beginning of restoration work in the church: workers dismantle partitions, welding. A graphic designer takes part in the restoration of the church. Auction of arts and crafts in the club (sinhr.). Paintings by the designer among the auction items. Workers install a wooden cross on the dome of the church. Local residents, the priest are watching the installation of the cross. 2nd and 3rd parts. "Pioneers". The director interviews local residents who talk about their failed attempts to create a farm (sinhr.). Meeting of local residents with a representative of the administration on the issue of farms (sync.). The funeral of a local woman. Funeral ceremony in the church. 3rd and 4th parts. "Autumn of the Patriarch". Director of the Scientific and Production Association "Pre-Urals" of the Perm Scientific Research Institute IV Zakharchenko in the car talks about his childhood and youth (sinhr.), Visits the village where they were exiled in the 1930s. his dispossessed parents. Newsreel footage of an interview with I.V. Zakharchenko, filmed in 1971, about the technology of cultivation of root crops (sync.). IV Zakharchenko at home playing the balalaika (sinhr.). IV Zakharchenko in his office talking with the secretary (sinhr.). 4th, 5th and 6th parts. "Sad story". An elderly peasant woman N.O. Kondakova talks about her life (sinhr.), Talks with Ivan, with whom they lived together for 15 years (sinhr.), With neighbors (sinhr.). N.O. Kondakova and Ivan visit the registry office, where they submit an application for marriage. IV Zakharchenko talks with N.O. Kondakova at her house (sinhr.). The wedding of N.O. Kondakova and Ivan in the church (sinhr.). 6th and 7th parts. "Maximalist". A local resident - an inventor in his workshop talks about working on a set of machines for the garden, talks about the Russian economy (sinhr.). The inventor demonstrates his machines. The house where the inventor's family lives. The inventor and his wife harvest potatoes in their garden. 7th part. Residential buildings in Lobanovo. Installation of the state flag of Russia on the roof of the administrative building. IV Zakharchenko oversees the installation of the flag. A group of people with an accordion player is walking along the street. Clouds over the field.

Color

7

1991