We will be happy (1991)

Documentary №40235, 3 parts, duration: 0:26:14
Production: Sverdlovsk newsreel studio
Director:L.Bogdanovich
Screenwriters:Bogdanovich
Camera operators:Vasilyev
Sound mixer:Kalashnikov A.

Annotation:

The film tells the story of two couples who have been married for more than 40 years. Together with their country and their time they have led a difficult but happy life.

Reel №1

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Grandma recites poetry.

River bank, big trees.

River.

The bell is tied to a stick on the shore.

Kusurgashev is on the shore with his wife, checking whether the fish is caught.

Sunset, river.

The Kusurgashevs are sitting on the shore by the fire.

Large - a pot hangs over the fire.

Says Kusurgashev, a panorama of his wife.

Large - a bonfire.

Kusurgashev with his wife at the campfire, tells about his life.

River, a barge is floating.

The general plan is the Kusurgashevs at the campfire.

Kusurgashev and his wife speak.

Evening, Volga river, nature.

Forest, birches, flowering trees and shrubs.

The Vorontsov couple are at their dacha, working in the garden.

The car is in the yard, the dog is running.

Different plans of the suburban area.

Says Vorontsov.

Vorontsov's wife comes out of the house, sets the table in the yard.

Says Vorontsov.

The wife brings a saucepan, Vorontsov puts a shish kebab there.

View of the suburban area.

Vorontsova works on the beds, Vorontsov examines the grapes.

Says Vorontsova.

Vorontsov conducts the orchestra, his wife is in the hall, watching the rehearsal.

A pianist is playing.

Close-up - hands with a conductor's baton, panorama of Vorontsov.

Orchestra, young musicians, panorama on sheet music.

Panorama of an empty rehearsal hall - there are chairs, music stands, the Vorontsov couple is sitting on chairs in the auditorium.

Sunset, river view, church.

Kusurgashevs at home meet visiting relatives, grandchildren, and so on.

Key words

family

Seasons: Spring [825]

Reel №2

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The Kusurgashevs in the apartment with their children and grandchildren are looking at family photos.

Panorama on the faces of relatives, in the photo.

The Kusurgashevs comment on photos, recall some moments from life, and so on.

The grandson shoots his grandfather on camera.

Says Kusurgashev.

Photos from the family album are shown - Kusurgashevs in nature, next to a tent, a wife standing with a gun, a husband in a boat, various portraits, etc.

Drawings - interrogation by an NKVD investigator, prisoners go through the stage, prisoners at work, a camp on Kolyma, barracks, etc.

Panorama of the Chukchi mascot figures (pelicans), a drawing depicting a Chukchi on a reindeer sled.

Kusurgashev carves a figurine.

Large - on the table there are figures-talismans made by Kusurgashev.

River, sunset.

The Vorontsov couple are standing on the shore.

Panorama of the river, ships.

The Vorontsovs are in their garden, at the table.

The wife tells how she met her future husband.

Large - white flowers in the garden.

Close-ups of the Vorontsov couple.

Old b/w photos - a young Vorontsov in military uniform, a young Vorontsova, a family portrait, the Vorontsovs with their daughter.

The Vorontsov couple are dancing in the garden.

Evening, cottage, garden, a dog runs along the path.

The Vorontsovs and their daughter and relatives are sitting at a table in the garden, talking.

Vorontsova is in the garden, taking care of the flowers, Vorontsov is engaged in the vineyard.

Large - a bunch of grapes.

Vorontsova is in the garden, at the table - making a bouquet of flowers.

Panorama of the garden, flowers.

Vorontsov collects pears.

Large - a bouquet of roses on the table, a panorama of embroidery with flowers in a frame.

Key words

Family, cottage, nature, garden

Seasons: Summer [824]

Reel №3

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The Vorontsovs are in the apartment - the wife helps her husband put on a concert tailcoat, then they look in the mirror.

The Vorontsovs sit down in chairs and sit in silence.

Kusurgashev is working at the table - making a drawing with a ruler.

Close-up - a picture carved from wood on the wall, a drawing, a poster with Academician Sakharov, an icon, old photographs.

Panorama of the shelves with books, Kusurgashev working at the table.

Kolyma drawings by Kusurgashev.

Panorama of caskets, talisman figurines made by Kusurgashev's hands.

Decorative carved knives, jewelry box.

Kusurgashev at the table, working on the box.

Panorama of trees, Orthodox church, domes.

A boat is sailing along the river, pulling a boat in tow.

View from the river to the wooden structures where the fish is drying.

The Kusurgashevs are going fishing, a panorama of a tree.

Window, there is a Chukchi mascot figurine on the windowsill.

Kusurgashev is reading an excerpt from his book about Kolyma, relatives are sitting next to him, neighbors are listening to him.

The faces of grandmothers listening to Kusurgashev.

Large - the manuscript is in the hands of Kusurgashev.

Kolyma drawings.

The women on the bench are listening to Kusurgashev.

Grandma says, turns to Kusurgashev.

A woman carries a samovar.

Grandma says - tells about herself.

Shots with Kusurgashev's wife, other women sitting on a bench.

Dawn, village street, old wooden houses.

The Vorontsov family at a table in the garden.

Says Vorontsov.

Different shots of people sitting at a table.

Says Vorontsov's son-in-law.

Evening, the river, a bonfire is burning, people are sitting around the campfire.

Key words

Family, village, nature

Seasons: Summer [824]

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