The Road to Yourself

The film tells about the methods of treating alcoholism, about the work of the narcological service. Part 1 House of a resident of one of the Moldovan villages D.A. Palladium. Washbasin in the yard. The lock on the front door of the house. The dog is near the house. YES. Palladium travels with a group of men for alcoholism treatment in a police UAZ. The car enters the territory of the medical and labor dispensary (LTP). Above the gate there is a banner with the inscription: "TREATMENT PERSONS STRICTLY FOLLOW THE RULES OF INTERNAL ORDER IN LTP". Men get out of the car, go up the stairs, accompanied by policemen. Medical card, photo and work record of Dmitry Antonovich Pallady. The territory of the LTP, fenced with a net with barbed wire. The patients shaved bald stand in two lines in the street. Patients in the hospital corridor, at doctors' appointments, in the laboratory, in the X-ray room. D.A. Palladium in the hospital ward. Patients in the dining room eat from large bowls. A man pours vodka into glasses and delivers them to those present. Posters warning about the consequences of alcoholism. D.A. Palladia's wife talks about a difficult life with an alcoholic (sinhr.). Daughters and wife of D.A. Palladia on the banks of the river. Rural landscape: hills, river. D.A. Palladium answers questions from members of the commission about his work (sinhr.). The chairman of the commission sends him to the construction of the school (sync.). Patients go to the construction of the school. A doctor and a nurse provide assistance to a patient who has arrived. The chief doctor talks about the drug treatment service (sinhr., Behind the scenes). The receptionist looks at the patient cards. Doctors talk about the reasons for the spread of alcoholism (sinhr.). The doctor says that despite the great efforts in the fight against drunkenness, they are insufficient (sync.). Part 2 A man in a state of alcoholic delirium tremens in a hospital ward. Building of the City Children's Home. Orphans are standing near a mesh fence. Girls with dolls near the fence. Sick children with congenital deformities. Drunken men on the street, on the street benches, in the doctor's office. The militiamen take the drunken men out of the car. Drunk woman covers the camera lens with her hand. The broken face of a drunk man. The doctor talks about the influence of alcoholism on the offspring, about the necessary joint efforts of ministries and departments in the fight against this evil (sinhr.). LTP patients work at a construction site. Local residents watch the men going to the construction site. LTP patients return from work, pass through the checkpoint, where they are examined by guards. D.A. Palladium at the checkpoint. LTP patients talk with visiting relatives on the territory of the dispensary. A female security guard shakes a stroller with a newborn baby. D.A. Palladia's wife, children and parents listen to his sound letter. A man washes the floors in the LTP. Watchtower on the territory of the LTP. Barbed wire on the fence. Patients sleep in the ward. D.A. Palladium in the ward. Patients go to work. D.A. Palladium works at a construction site. Ceremonial farewell to LTP patients who have completed their treatment. Employees of the LTP are sitting at the table. One of the leaders of the dispensary is speaking (sinhr.). The guard opens the gate of the LTP. D.A. Palladium comes out of the gate, the guard hands him the documents. D.A. Palladium is walking along the road (shot from the back). A dog on a chain near the house. D.A. Palladium is walking along the road. D.A. Palladia's wife with her daughters at home and on the river bank.

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scriptwriter L. Latyeva, editor Y. Golubitsky, consultants police colonel Y. Bondarenko and chief narcologist of the Ministry of Health of the MSSR M. Zinyak, sound engineer I. Rodionov, director M. Danila