There's happiness. Crazy movie. Not standard for its time, saturated with the odious antics of the characters, the picture of Medvedkin just burns with fire. How this could be filmed almost 80 years ago is incomprehensible to the mind. Of course, it was not without borrowings, especially at the beginning of the tape - Gogol types loom here and there, and the story itself is somewhat reminiscent of the "Charmed Wanderer" Leskov, but the further the action unfolds, the more you feel the originality and original resourcefulness of the creators of this feature film. In some places you are completely puzzled what the author wanted to say with this or that scene, so bold for his time the cinematic language of this film.
One thing is clear. Few people want to associate themselves with Khmyr, the hero of the film, who embodies the whole essence of a simple Russian peasant who goes out of despair to look for happiness, but the attempts of this almost grotesque character to adapt to the new time, how to implement their plans and dreams are expensive. Life below is shown without embellishment - hunger, poverty, exhausting work. Modern directors filming about that time can take a lot of note, and then wherever you look - everywhere teeming with fuzzy and effeminate landlords, and around them running cheerful peasant people. Not life, but Sorochinskaya fair. The truth of life in "Happiness" seals an iron heel to the ground. Evil, but high-quality humor more than once rags and think about who you are? The same Khmyr in search of his happiness, only at home more elegant, nature is worse, and all sorts of gadgets.
A masterpiece, what a little.
10 out of 10