Monologue of Love (film)
| Monologue of Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Larisa Maslyuk |
| Written by | Grigore Vieru |
| Produced by | Larisa Maslyuk |
| Starring | Sofia Rotaru |
| Music by | Arnold Svyatogorov, Tatyana Dikareva and others |
| Distributed by | Ukrtelefilm |
Release dates |  1 January 1986 1 January 1986 |
Running time | 71 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Ukrainian Russian Moldavian |
| Budget | $,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $,000,000 (Worldwide) |
Monologue of Love is a Soviet Ukrainian musical telefilm, written by Grigore Vieru and directed by Larisa Maslyuk, starring Sofia Rotaru in the main role. The movie filmed at Ukretelefilm (Ukrainian Studio of Television Films - Gosteleradio 1986) in Crimea (Ukrainian SSR), Kazakh SSR and Lithuanian SSR, features the new conception in the Soviet musical telefilms: substantial poetry monologues recited by Sofia Rotaru on themes associated with love, followed by thematic songs and corresponding natural geographical and theatrical scenic setting.
Plot
The conceptual base are the poetic monologues read by Sofia Rotaru playing herself, singer. The monologues were read by Sofia Rotaru in Russian, whereas their author, G. Vieru, has supposedly wrote them in Moldavian beforehand. In between the monologues, adapted music videos appear in all different kinds of scenery from Kazakh desert to Bukovinian rich green villages, passing by beautiful Crimean Black Sea and Lithuanian Baltic Sea shorelines. Sofia Rotaru performs personally in the movie without double stunt performers, namely the role of windsurfer in love, singing the song "Amor" in Moldavian language.
Soundtrack
Sofia Rotaru performed following songs:
Echo of Fidelity, Insignificant Event, They Say, Autumn, Night, We - People, "Retro" Machine, Leaves Flew Away, In My House, Amor, The Water Flows, Give Me a Break
Composers: I. Poklad, David Tukhmanov, A. Morozov, K. Shuaev, Arnold Svyatogorov, G. Tatarchenko, V. Laschyuk, Tatyana Dikareva, Vladimir Matetsky.
Lyrics by authors: Rasul Gamzatov, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Andrey Voznesensky, Grigore Vieru, Yu. Rybchinskiy, I. Lazarevskiy, M. Ryabinin, V. Bliznichuk, G. Taranenko, Nikolay Rubtsov, V. Laschyuk, A. Saed-Shakh,
Music was performed by ensembles: "Chervona Ruta", "Calendar", "Forum", "Synthesis", "Display", State Pop-Symphonic Orchestra of USSR, group of violin players of the pop-symphonic orchestra of the Ukrainian Television and Radio
| N°[1] | Song | Performed by | Authors | Commentaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theatre Russian: Театр/Teatr |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 2 | They Say Russian: Говорят/Govoryat |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 3 | Echo of Fidelity Russian: Эхо верности/Ekho vernosti |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 4 | Little Incident Russian: Маленькое происшествие/Malenikoe proishestvie |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 5 | Autumn Russian: Осень/Oseni |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 6 | Night Russian: Ночь/Nochi |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 7 | We - People Russian: Мы - люди/My - lyudi |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 8 | "Retro Machine" Russian: Машина "Ретро"/Mashina "Retro" |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 9 | Leaves Have Flown Away Russian: Улетели листья/Uleteli listya |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 10 | Water Flows Ukrainian: Тече вода/Teche voda |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 11 | Love Romanian: Amor |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 12 | Life, Send Me a Break Russian: Жизнь, ниспошли мне передышку/Zhizni, nisposhli mne peredyshku |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
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| 13 | In My House Russian: В доме моем/V dome moyom |
Sofia Rotaru | Lyrics: Music: |
Cast
- V. Stepanov, Ira Chernyaeva, Lena Sedova,
- students of villages: Rybachy in Kaliningrad Oblast, Nida in Lithuanian SSR.
- Ensemble of pop dances of the Palace of Culture of "Abay",
- actors of puppet theatre in Shevchenko, Fort-Shevchenko in Kazakh SSR,
- Vyzhnytsia in Chernivtsi Oblast,
- Gurzuf in Crimea
Production
- Producer: Larisa Maslyuk
- Cameraman: Guennadiy Zubanov
- Scenario: Grigore Vieru
- The music recorded by Vladimir Leshchenko
- Responsible for movie production and processing: V. Kozyarevich, Ya. Golovach, K. Petrov, V. Kuznetsov, N. Zachipelenko, I. Bonitenko, B. Sidrochenko, V. Vorobiev, I. Gusev, A. Bilko, A. Makedon, T. Semekha, N. Svetikova, I. Sidorov
References
- ^ Chronological order