The main character is a mysterious young man. The whole film he says almost nothing, his feelings do not express. The film accurately conveys one very important point. If you can somehow assess the level of spiritual development of people, then the hippies of the USSR it was much higher than the average layman. Hippies read the Bible (as shown in the film), were interested in religious concepts, philosophy. At the same time, the interests of the majority of “individuals” do not go beyond everyday issues, and from the religion of the inhabitants are interested only in external rituals.
The main character is a very emotional naive girl. But at the same time - with a powerful strong-willed rod, which few of the spectators noticed. She reprimands her parents for getting her into college. She decides where to go: to Bulgaria or to Crimea. She rejects her fiancé. She is a person who lives according to her own desires, not according to others (as it was propagated in the USSR, and even now it is propagated under the names “tolerance”, “patriotism”, “church”). And this phrase, “I have to give myself to you now?”, which many considered a manifestation of naivety, is a manifestation of strong will. Don’t think that a girl in the Soviet Union really thought she should give herself to a guy she knew for a couple of days. In those years, in the USSR, it was customary to get closer to the wedding. This phrase is her attempt to seduce the frozen gentleman, which is below.
The main character is a mysterious young man. Throughout the film, he says almost nothing, does not express his feelings. He seems to have no desires. Speaks in jerky phrases with the philosophical fleur ala Zen guru. Wherever he goes, everyone loves him, but for what it is not clear. Outwardly, yes, he is certainly very charismatic due to his brutal appearance and inner peace. But his calmness may be a mask of depression. He doesn’t want anything, he doesn’t care.
But how does he treat his friends and girlfriend (though unlike her, he didn't consider her his girlfriend)? He's just doing what's in his head right now. He wanted to come, he wanted to go. Didn't warn anyone, didn't explain anything. Nobody knows anything about him. Friends say he’s “out of the system,” as if it’s a good thing to be out of your friends’ system. In general, someone is a type of autistic.
What does he do to get close to a girl? Did he even like her? It is difficult to understand, like everything related to this man-mystery. He's coming, she's following him, he hasn't driven him away - that's flirting on his part. Then he got tired of walking with her, got on the tram and left, the girl left one night. A real Romeo. The girl had to drag him to her home and try to seduce him in the presence of her parents, but Romeo again retreated. Before sex still came, but not soon, and in the morning the girl says, finding him outside, not in bed, “I thought you left.” And the girl is right, he really could have just gone. She loves him, sticks to him, and only on this to keep their “relationship”. And he just lets her walk with him and speaks to her philosophical phrases in the style: “eat – wash the dishes.” How he organizes a trip to the Crimea is a real three-walker in the style of one famous insecure politician. Step 1: He told the girl he was coming to see her off, but he didn't come. 2nd move: the girl saw his friends and got off the bus and went with them, but did not board the train. Romeo didn't show up at the station. Move 3: Romeo was riding in the last carriage of the train and picked up a girl.
The relationship with Dad is similar. "Daddy, give me the money." Son, I brought you records with music you love (in the USSR - a rarity) and money will give, but only go to the hospital. "Daddy, fuck you." In general, as with friends, as well as with a girl: "Everyone fuck off, I'm on my own." And the girl took these dad's records, they sold them and got money. But still, the bad father does not give life.
Interesting fact. In the role of Guru (grey grandfather at the end of the film) starred a real hippie, who in the 90s even gave lectures about how to be a hippie, for example, on the theme “aesthetics of poverty”. But he wasn't seen as a guru. There were no gurus among the hippies, as shown in the film.
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