| Happy Go Lucky | |
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| Directed by | Vasily Shukshin |
| Written by | Vasily Shukshin |
| Produced by | Yakov Zvonkov |
| Starring | Vasily Shukshin Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina Vsevolod Sanayev Georgi Burkov Zinovy Gerdt |
| Cinematography | Anatoly Zabolotsky |
| Music by | Pavel Chekalov |
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| Running time | 90 min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Happy Go Lucky (Russian: Печки-лавочки, romanized: Pechki-lavochki, literally Stoves and benches — ironic regional saying that may mean Various subjects for casual conversations or/and Distracting lies depending on the certain context) is a 1972 Soviet comedy film directed by Vasily Shukshin.
Plot
Story about a travel of married couple from a far-off village in the Altai Mountains to the southern sea. For the first time in life spouses go to the holiday according to the trade-union committee permit moreover in a separate coupe. Road adventures and a rhythm of new life carry them away, but among beauty of the southern nature they can't forget about native places and close people who wait for their return.
Cast
- Vasily Shukshin as Ivan Rastorguyev
- Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Nyura Rastorgueva
- Vsevolod Sanayev as Professor
- Georgi Burkov as Viktor, fake сonstructor, thief
- Zinovy Gerdt as 2nd professor
- Ivan Ryzhov as Train steward
- Stanislav Lyubshin as Ivan Stepanov
- Vadim Zakharchenko as Business traveller
Facts
- A significant part of the shooting took place in the village of Shulgin Log on the bank of the Katun River. All the shooting took four months.
- The role of Ivan Sergeevich Rastorguev was proposed to Leonid Kuravlyov, but he refused it.
References
- Letterboxd • Your life in film
- Pavel Lyssakov, Stephen M Norris, The City in Russian Culture Routledge, 2018, ISBN 9781351388023, 33 p.
- На Алтае завершились Шукшинские дни
- Биография Леонида Вячеславовича Куравлёва
External links
| Films by Vasily Shukshin | |
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