The heirs The film touches on three planes: love lyrics of the 70s of the twentieth century, the events of the war of 1941-45, graying antiquity - the Scythian period.
In my opinion, the most interesting, of course, is an excursion into history - gray antiquity.
Things of the past few days,
Old traditions are deep.
In the late 60s of the last century, the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR conducted expeditionary research in the steppes of the Black Sea region. As you know, this area keeps traces of the Scythian culture that once inhabited these lands. Mounds of different heights - places of burials, burials, have always worried people. Both scientists and private prospectors - treasure hunters of various suits. A lot has been looted, but not all secrets have been revealed.
Even Herodotus colorfully painted the mores, customs and foundations of a proud people leading their statehood from the IV century BC. And it is the archaeological finds of summer parties - gold jewelry, firsthand discovered the world of this once great people. They have scenes of hunting, military valor and life. In the first part of the film, the author, through the characters of the picture, introduces us to an art exhibition and this is the source of the nascent action. Scythian culture. Scythian gold. Legacy of ancestors.
The Great Patriotic War sounds like an echo in the tape. Memories of the grandson about his grandfather, the evacuation of a collection of gold jewelry, stories about the battles that took place near the Kazars, the interweaving of the fates of people with secrets kept by the catacombs. This is the second storyline.
A favorite technique that makes any story sharp is a triangle – a situation where a couple is subject to the intervention of an additional person. Boyish, with a claim to dominance, seeking to repel, wipe, merge with the object of desire. And then there's variability. They either give in or they give up. Here, the director paints the viewer an “ordinary trihedron”, next to which a “foreign” pair does not pretend to anything. Thus, five persons are three young men and two ladies. They're twenty or so. They are free and happy in their carelessness. Summer. Adventure beckons them. And now, taking on the burden of speleologists, they privately explore the dungeons in the hope of finding a solution thirty-five years ago, to find the hidden Scythian property. Love is intertwined with tunnel mazes, romance with business. Characters and deeds, trust and betrayal are like a whipped cocktail of this picture.
The unusual role of A. Martynov
7 out of 10
Epilogue. In August 2018, on the REN TV channel, a documentary program showed a plot that the Scythian collection of gold objects was secretly transferred by the current Ukrainian authorities in exchange for an IMF loan “over the ocean”. The museum also contains skilful copies - Pectoral and other gold products.