Autumn of life? . Irina Aleksandrovna Velembovskaya, a Russian writer, prose writer, created scripts that were unlike anything to her works. Incredible popularity came to her in the 70s of the XX century, when her prose was translated into many languages. The film “Sweet Woman” (1976) with Natalia Gundareva in the title role was a truly resounding success, which further increased the interest of readers to the works of the writer. Almost a short television film “People are like rivers...” is based on the story of Irina Velembovskaya “In a difficult moment”. Very small in volume, the work has a truly bottomless depth, because it tells about the Russian Woman, on whose spiritual qualities Russia stood, stands and will stand.
With all the abundance of secondary characters, the central figures are only two: postman Praskovya Ivanovna (Nina Urgant) and employee of the shipping company Grigory (Nikolai Rybnikov). They met in the hospital, where fate led them for various reasons. Pasha is a sunny, sincere, soulful person, two years ago she lost her husband (" I miss - the wrong concept). The man is pitiful ...”) But he is not discouraged, not moronic, bringing joy and light to everyone’s home. He is not looking for casual acquaintances: “For the moment you can always find, but for life...” because he does not tolerate any falsehood either in front of himself or in front of others.
It's easy and easy. For any event, she is ready to answer: “The rain urines, and the sun dries!” Pasha is a wise woman who understands that “life is an uneven thing.” Relations with Gregory are developing smoothly. She does not rush him, does not rush with any words of explanation-confessions, cherishing this dear friendship for her. And all would be fine if Gregory did not turn to her with a very strange request. From his words, even the viewer was perplexed, what can we say about Pasha herself?
The head of the post office, Mariana Vasilyevna (Nadezhda Fedosova), said very precisely about this: “The men have now gone – a true grief.” Without them, it is bad, and take them off even worse. And the sun set in Pasha’s eyes, and her favorite work became like a burden, and the impending winter seemed endlessly long: “We can’t get sick – there is no one to care for...” But Irina Velembovskaya is a Russian woman, which means she is wise. She didn’t end her story on a sad note, and she wrote the same script: You can’t take away people’s hope. It is not worth living without.
Beautiful, sincere, sincere film with brilliant actors, beautiful music by Oscar Borisovich Feltsman and songs performed by the inimitable Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya.
"Winds will become much kinder, a line will become a sun song, a man and a river will be filled with the juice of April..." (" People as rivers, rivers as people), Oscar Feltsman and Robert Rozhdestvensky