Fontaine, carver
Vasily Livanov’s historical movie carries the viewer back into the 18th century and tells the story of the monument to Peter the Great through Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin’s poem «The Bronze Horseman». The sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet comes from France at the invitation of the Empress Ekaterina the 2nd to erect the monument. Thanks to the master’s meticulous work and painstaking creative search the monument has become not only a masterpiece of art but one of the symbols of Russia.
The main character receives a large amount of money in the bank and decides to call a bodyguard for escort. However, instead of a large man comes a beautiful girl who does not know how to handle weapons. But there is no other way out, so the hero agrees to use her services. She fails to protect the hero from the attack, but he turns out to be more cunning, hiding all the money in the pocket of his coat. Happy and cheerful, they sit in a taxi together, where the bodyguard girl unnoticed contacts the robbers.
Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven into a mysterious knot or pattern. The choice of each of us is also the choice of our own history. An incorrect individual choice or a karmic mistake can lead to a chain of fatal events. If a person finds himself in power, it can become a problem for the whole people.
