"The Most Excellent and Past Tragedy" In his work, Elem Germanovich Klimov repeatedly turned to the “Short Meter” & #39; and it always brought excellent results. So his second work is a wonderful miniature. It lasts only incomplete 8 minutes, but contains serious passions. The camera operator slowly moves through the class, which has begun to solve the control work in mathematics. While the students are excited to solve not so much a problem as the question of whether they will be able to solve this problem, the teacher (Galina Malinovskaya) takes out a volume of impressive thickness and immerses herself in the world of human passions.
The camera continues in a documentary manner to follow the teacher’s desk and the gallery & #39; where the failed Romeo, with the inscription on the back & #39; The bride & #39; tries to attract the attention of the subject of heart adoration to his person. Soon he manages to do this, because the neighbor with white bows is further than two lines: 'Control work' and '1 option' can not advance. To the music of Sergei Prokofiev for a ballet based on a Shakespearean plot, the romantic pioneer decides to save the honor of the neighbor, addressing the puffy-faced excellent student sitting in front. However, he is not at all inclined to share knowledge, which demonstrates in a very unambiguous way. Then the pioneer romantic decides on a desperate step.
The most juicy and colorful is in the close-ups, demonstrating the experiences of the heroes. It's done really well. This is how director Elem Klimov himself recalls this: ' Fate brought me together with my children. At the end of the second year in VGIK it was necessary to make a short film: a silent sketch - to compose an organic situation without words. And so came the eight-minute "Given." There's an arithmetic test in fourth grade. The teacher reads Romeo and Juliet. A boy and a girl at the desk relive their love story. Music was taught to us by Mikael Tariverdiev. Seeing the finished material, he immediately offered to voice the plot with a theme from the Prokofiev ballet Romeo and Juliet. It was clear to everyone that they would not miss. But Tariverdiev promised to break through. And hit...'
A beautiful childhood story that could have happened to any of us. .