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Though
love stories have become classical in the world
literature and cinema some psychological and physiological
aspects of human relationships had been forbidden
and still scandalize some goodies.
A true and implausible love story involving a 15-year-old
teenager and 25-year-old beauty is the tenuous framework
on which is hung the description of the depths of
the teenager’s consciousness and his craving for
the Great Lady shattered by the grim reality.
The prospected film project concerns the romance
and disloyalty, quest for God and paradise attained
by foul means.
The action is set in the small seaside village of
Nedvigovka that replaced the sanctuary of Tanais,
the ancient Greek Goddess of death. Being an epitome
of the universe Nedvigovka has the cosmogony, rituals
and customs of its own. It is inhabited by our protagonists
- naive in a big way, open and dedicated. Some of
them believe in the triumph of communism while others
go out of their way to prove the material roots
of soul at the cost of their lives. They are a rare
breed of people who adhered to the ancient Slavic
paganism, orthodoxy and communist ideology. They
belong to the last generation of true enthusiasts
whose dreams of happiness became an obsession.
Minor stories or myths about the inhabitants of
Nedvigovka will intertwine with the solid thread
of the narrative. Stories of the elderly Evdokh,
old believer, and major Cheblakov, famous sniper,
are termed the epic history of Russia. The myths
will be filmed in the manner of the Great Silent
Cinema that tended to heroize its characters.
The mythical treatment draws us closer to the life’s
enigma for any myth is its festive facade. Once
we have got hold of the cyclic nature of our life’s
myths we’ll manage to look into the past and future
and appreciate our present in the new light.
Myths are narratives
fusing the implausible elements with reality in
tour de force. At times the authors themselves are
amazed at the cock-and-bull stories told by the
policeman Grechushkin, the local Homer.
Our coming feature is termed the tragicomedy with
elements of a thriller. A 15-year-old teenager-sniper
falls head over heels in love with a local bombshell
and commits a crime for her sake. But the beauty
turned out a swindler and after collecting money
she cheated on her suitor, which urged her to quit
the village.
The precocious fellow schemes to commit a murder.
At that point his adolescence, bleak and happy,
radiant and illusive, comes to an end.
Andrei Kravchuk, Yuri Feting
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