Option without Choice

The film tells about the consequences of people's actions and about the irresponsible attitude to the environment. Part 1 of "Illusion" Sandy area. Rural landscapes. Country houses. An elderly woman in the yard is stirring up hay, feeding chickens, picking cucumbers, watering the garden with a watering can. An elderly woman in the room prepares cucumbers for pickling. Two elderly women in the room at the table, watching TV. Part 2 "Case", Moscow. Cars are driving around the city at night. Illumination of the night city. Neon signs with NDP: "LENINGRAD OPTICAL-MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION LOMO", "LOMO PRECISION OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS", "MOSCOW", "KIEV", "RIGA", "NOVOSIBIRSK", "TBILISI", "LENINGRASSI". Novy Arbat street. The girl stops the car on the road, gets into the car, drives away. The driver and the girl in the car. A female voice (off-screen) conveys a conversation between a girl and a driver about the consequences of her actions. The car drives along the building with the NDP: "HOTEL RUSSIA", stops in the parking lot. The film uses fragments of the play "The Master and Margarita" of the Leningrad Theater of Modern Ballet under the direction of Boris Eifman (1987). "In the style of the absurd" Yaroslavl region. Volga river. A boat moors to the shore. There are motor ships in the port. Ships, barges, and a rocket boat pass along the river. People on the deck of the motor ship "Afanasy Nikitin" sunbathe, dance. The motor ship passes under the railway bridge, over which the train is passing. The Transfiguration Cathedral and the Church of Dimitri Tsarevich on Blood on the banks of the Volga River in Uglich. A plant on the banks of the Volga River. A male voice from the radio speaks about the consequences of the location of chemical plants on the banks of the Volga River. Part 3 of the Yaroslavl region. Underwater filming of the Volga River, garbage under water, sturgeons lie at the bottom. People on the deck of the motor ship "Afanasy Nikitin". The motor ship "Paris Commune" is passing along the river. On the shore is the building of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Rybinsk. Cars are driving along the road bridge over the river. The car drives along the road. NDP on the road sign: "SPECIALLY CONTROLLED AREA". "Lullaby" Astrakhan region. Country houses. The family sits with the journalist at the table in the house. A man and a woman talk (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about the possibility of resettlement in the Kharabalinsky district, in the Rychinsky Razezd; about air contaminated with hydrogen sulfide; about the state of health of children; about poor service at the clinic; about letters with complaints to central newspapers, to the Red Cross. The territory of the Astrakhan gas condensate complex. The announcer speaks (behind the scenes) about factory emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, exceeding all norms; about the health status of children living in the surrounding areas. 4th part of the Astrakhan region. A man, two children, a journalist in the room are disassembling a container containing a gas mask for a baby. The child is placed in a gas mask. A man, a woman and three children are wearing gas masks in the courtyard of the house. The territory of the Astrakhan gas condensate complex, the internal premises of the plant, steam is coming from the pipe. Children in gas-mask suits lead a round dance in kindergarten. Children's voices (off-screen) recite poetry. The woman lulls the child, sings a lullaby. “I can’t be silent.” Moscow. People walk with banners to the main entrance of VDNKh (Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy). NDP on banners: “POPULATION! IT'S TIME TO BECOME A PEOPLE! "," MAFIA IS THE LEADING AND RUNNING FORCE OF DEVELOPED DEFICIENCY "," TO CANCEL THE 6TH ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITUTION! "," TODAY MUST UNDERSTAND MANY MORE IMPORTANT PLAN. " People with children listen to the speakers at the demonstration. The woman at the microphone says (sinhr.) About the responsibility of people for the present for the sake of the future. A woman at the microphone says (sync.) About the incidence of children due to environmental problems. The man at the microphone says (sinhr.) About the importance of ecology. The man at the microphone says (sync.) About his misunderstanding of the position of the authorities. A crowd of people in the square near the Central Pavilion of VDNKh. The man says (sinhr.) About his dismissal from work in connection with the violations identified by him. Another man says (sinhr.) About the civil initiative of the people. Police officers disperse a crowd of demonstrators at the Central Pavilion of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements. A police officer covers the operator's camera with his hand. The unit uses shots from the film "Famine in the Volga Region" (1922). The part uses a b / w photograph by L.N. Tolstoy. The announcer (off-screen) quotes an excerpt from the work of L.N. Tolstoy "I Can't Be Silent" (1908) Part 5 "Intermission" The sculptor in the studio creates a sculpture of a man's head from clay. School class: students in the class are sitting at their desks. The teacher stands at the blackboard, writes in chalk on the blackboard: "Consciousness is the driving force of progress." The teacher says (sinhr., Offscreen) about the upcoming writing of the essay. The teacher opens a window, looks out into the courtyard of a village house, walks through the courtyard, in the background is a river. An elderly woman with a watering can in her hand enters the gate.

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scriptwriter I. Linkova, consultant academician B. Laskorin, composer A. Goldstein, sound engineer A. Romanov, underwater photography M. Komolikov, Yu. Kovkin, editor L. Levina, editor L. Asterina, film director Y. Rozhskovskaya