Happy Go Lucky / The Ship Crowd / Pechki – lavochki / Печки – лавочки (1972) DVD9 RUSCICO, download for free

Apr08

Happy Go Lucky / The Ship Crowd / Pechki – lavochki / Печки – лавочки (1972) DVD9 RUSCICO

by movieworld on April 8th, 2016 at 10:38

A sadly humorous story about a Siberian tractor driver, Ivan Rastorguyev (Vasily Shukshin), traveling with his wife (Lydia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) to a Black Sea resort, and about their first visit to Moscow.
The village life, with its people, songs and drinking party, was photographed almost in a documentary-film manner (the shooting took place in Shukshin’s homeland – the Altai Region), while the travel itself is packed with anecdotal, funny situations which provoke a lot of sympathy and even a slight feeling of sadness. Shukshin does not spare the comedy palette in portraying his character, even if empathizing with him. For, according to Shukshin, it is those Ivans who are the salt of the earth. The theme of a provincial guy in a big city is always interesting and, therefore, is a sure win, but the most precious thing in this never-aging film is the personality of the talented actor, writer and director Vasily Shukshin, hence the psychological depth in the presentation of the story.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:35:54 | 5.98 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English, Russian
Genre: Comedy

Director: Vasiliy Shukshin
Cast: Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, Vasiliy Shukshin, Vsevolod Sanayev, Georgiy Burkov, Zinoviy Gerdt, Ivan Ryzhov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vadim Zakharchenko, Yelizaveta Uvarova
Country: Soviet Union

Vasily Shukshin loved this film and considered it his best work. Similarly, their best roles played here Georgy Burkov (Thief), Vadim Zakharchenko (Fellow-traveler), Vsevolod Sanayev (Professor), Ivan Ryzhov (Train steward). The entire film is just an unsurpassable acting masterpiece!

Extras:
-- Interview with actress Ye. Sanayeva
-- Filmographies
-- Photo album "In Memory of Vasily Shukshin"