Farewell (1983 film)

Farewell (Russian: Прощание), Proshchanie)
Directed by	Elem Klimov
Written by	German Klimov Larisa Shepitko Rudolf Tyurin
Starring	Stefaniya Stanyuta Lev Durov Aleksei Petrenko Leonid Kryuk Vadim Yakovenko Yuri Katin-Yartsev
Cinematography	Vladimir Chukhnov, Aleksei Rodionov, Yuri Skhirtladze, Sergei Taraskin
Edited by	Valeriya Belova
Music by	Vyacheslav Artyomov, Alfred Schnittke
Production company	Mosfilm
Distributed by	Sovexportfilm
Release date	1983
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Farewell (Russian: Прощание, romanized: Proshchanie) is a 1983 Soviet drama film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Elem Klimov.

Plot

The existence of the village of Matyora, located on a small island of the same name, is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam to serve a hydroelectric power plant. The villagers oppose their displacement and the loss of their traditions, but are eventually forced to bid farewell to their homeland.

Cast

• Stefaniya Stanyuta as old Darya
• Lev Durov as Pavel Pinegin
• Aleksei Petrenko as Vorontsov
• Leonid Kryuk as Petrukha
• Vadim Yakovenko as Andrei Pinegin
• Yuri Katin-Yartsev as Bogodul
• Denis Luppov as Kolyana

Production history

While scouting locations in June 1979 for her planned adaptation of the ecological fable, original director Larisa Shepitko died in a car accident along with four members of her shooting team. After a delay the project was finally completed in 1981 by her widower Elem Klimov and although shelved for a further two years, was eventually given a limited release in the Soviet Union in 1983. Originally chosen to open the 1984 Berlin Film Festival, it was initially refused an export licence until three years later when it was screened in Berlin.

External links

• Proshchanie at IMDb
• Farewell at AllMovie
• Article on Proshchanie at Film Reference
• Part 1 on Mosfilm's Youtube channel
• Part 2 on Mosfilm's Youtube channel