Dramatic base of the film - choral symphony "Chimes" by composer Valery Gavrilin.
Here are three heroes of the film - Valery Gavrilin, writer, actor, director Vasily Shukshin and poet Nikolai Rubtsov.
Filming took place at the home of Basil Shukshina, splices in the village in the Altai, and in the Vologda region, where they were born and Gavrilin Rubtsov.
Calendar: 2005