- We owe our happiness to perestroika and Gorbachev personally! Hunger - what a nasty thing - inevitable in winter, be careful, my joy, I tell myself. After all, at other times of the year, fate helps us, and in such bad weather it is difficult to walk. ("Hunger" by Veronica Valley)
Strange and unusual films were born at the end of the USSR. Both director Sergey Linkov and screenwriter Gunna Slutsky at the time of filming already had a dozen films, including revolutionary ones. But new times have come that require reflection. There were new heroes who also wanted to be captured for History. A female writer always feels the subject of female loneliness much more acutely than a man. That is why the main character of the picture – Lydia Vasilievna Yartseva (Lyudmila Davydova) – turned out to be so alive and natural. Lydia is from that rare breed of women who live not for themselves but for others. Her entire fate, which was set in 90 screen minutes, says exactly that. She was not married, but she has a daughter-student from a friend. "Friend" - Yura (Alexander Khochinsky) - another "fruit": asks Lydia to "watch" his wife for possible infidelity!
I'm in the house quite different times a day, probably a hundred. I blame myself for that and for that. And today I do not scold and do not blame in vain. Careful, dear, careful, speaking.
You have to be a complete cynic to “pull out” a woman late in the evening, supposedly for a trip to a restaurant, but in fact – to follow the wife! The amazing compassion of Lydia constantly puts her in difficult situations, because others shamelessly use her faultlessness. A long time ago, she did not create her own family, because she raised her younger brother Sergey (Alexander Sirin). And after a 12-year absence (!) he appears in Lida's apartment, but can give his own sister, who replaced his mother, only a few minutes! What kind of related feelings can we talk about? Neighbor Katya (Alla Meshcheryakova) is also from a very extensive company of consumers of the spiritual warmth of Lida. Trying to help everyone who asks for her participation, Lida does not even notice that she lives not her own life, but other people’s worries. Behind the problems of others, Lida does not notice much that is happening in her family.
How do you handle the road when you can't avoid it? Try balance, keep balance. Don’t worry with your hands without your hair. Equilibrium as a banner, keep balance!
This also applies to the “launched” daughter, who can stay for a second year. This applies to a man who wants to become a support for Lida and her daughter Dasha. But Valentin Konstantinovich Pravdin (Alexei Safonov) is not at all ready to step back every time his wife is asked for help. To do good is a good thing, but it is necessary that such a sacrifice is at least connoisseurs of those for whom Lida is trying. Her heartfelt responsiveness is perfectly characterized by the words from the song “The Fire” by Andrei Makarevich: “And you were wrong, you burned everything in an hour, and after an hour the big fire went out.” But at this hour, everything became warmer. It is good if the heart of Lida is so warm that it will be enough for both daughter and husband. What if it's not enough? After all, someone else’s fire is always more pleasant to warm than to kindle your own. . .
Hunger - what a nasty thing - inevitable in winter, be careful, my joy, I tell myself. I am not afraid of him, I have been walking on ice all my life. I’m going to fall today, I’m going to fall!