Lyubov Butuzova

Pavel's mother hates his fiancee. When Pavel serves in the Army she writes him that Nastya is no longer faithful to him. Pavel decides not to return to his native town. But many years later he returns to his fathers funeral and finds out that Nastya died sometime ago. She left three kids orphans and her elder daughter is also a daughter of Pavel.

A satirical comedy of three novellas ("What an a impudence!", "By the laws of hospitality", "One hundred grams for bravery"), united by the common theme of drunkenness and alcoholism: the first one about an exemplary citizen who met an avid drunkard on the way to work, the second one about an incident at a party that occurred through the fault of alcohol, and the third one about a shy man before the first date decides to drink "hundred grams" for courage.

Ａ・ラモリスの「赤い風船」に触発されたというタルコフスキーの映画大学の卒業製作で、同窓のコンチャロフスキーが脚本を共同で書いている。バイオリンの練習が嫌でしようがない少年が家を抜け出し、工事現場でさぼっているとローラー乗りの青年と親しくなり、機械に乗せてもらううちに、空想に浸って愉快な体験をする。鮮やかな色使い、テンポの良いカッティングとポップな作風は後のタルコフスキーと結びつかない気が一見するが、ファンタジーの後に訪れる一抹の寂しさのようなものが、実に彼らしい中編である。(allcinema)