The film is based on the memoirs of V. P. Astafiev. The writer gives an interview to criticism by V. Y. Kurbatov, talks about life in the military and post-war period, compares the present generation with the previous one, urges to think about the revival and preservation of the high moral qualities of the Russian people.
Alternation: he said A. I. Potylitsyna, village houses, natural scenery.
People around the campfire on the river Bank.
The fire is burning.
Says V. P. Astafiev.
Kettle over the fire.
Burning firewood.
V. Y. Kurbatov the campfire.
The Cup and the book on the table, the wind.
The branches of the trees.
The portraits on the shelves.
The Book By V. P. Astafiev.
The view from the window.
Lamp, books, newspaper and glasses on the table.
Says V. P. Astafiev.
The branches of the trees.
The streets of European cities.
V. P. Astafiev.
V. Y. Kurbatov at the table near the writer.
People on the streets of Krasnoyarsk.
Women drink and a snack on the bench.
V. P. Astafiev.
The window of the house, the camera loses focus.
Personnel:
Astaf'ev V. P.-soldier, writer, Hero of Socialist Labor. Kurbatov, V. Ya-literary critic, literary critic, prose writer, member of the Union of writers of Russia.
Calendar: 1989
Locations: Krasnoyarsk [923] Krasnoyarsk Territory [762]
Seasons: Summer [824] Autumn [826]
Residents of Krasnoyarsk, poplar fluff.
Burning poplar fluff.
The movement of vehicles. V. P. Astafyev in the car.
Bank of the river.
A fire, a bucket of water.
The writer is fishing from the jetty.
Flowering grass.
Cows walk on water.
People eating soup.
Tank with fish.
The alternation of memories V. P. Astafiev, fishing, natural scenery.
A writer with a fishing rod on the shore.
V. Y. Kurbatov kindle fire.
Panorama of the river, storm clouds.
It is raining.
Chronicle of the war years:
Soldiers crossing the river.
River waves, forest.
Chronicle of the war years:
Soldiers carry wounded on stretchers.
The soldiers helping the wounded to get to shore.
Rain over the river.
Reflection of clouds in water, coastal grass.
Says V. P. Astafiev.
Chronicle of the war years:
Soldiers suggest crossing for military equipment, strong wind, snow.
Personnel:
V. P. Astafiev Kurbatov, V. Ya.
Calendar: 1941-1945
Locations: Krasnoyarsk [923] Krasnoyarsk Territory [762]
Seasons: Summer [824]
Chronicle of the war years:
Soldiers pulled out of the water stuck horses.
Explosion.
Soldiers in the trenches.
Soldiers rest near the tank (smoke, eat, write letters).
Smoke, soldiers running to the ferry.
Freight train with tank cars.
Says V. P. Astafiev.
Meadow grass.
Algae in the water.
The lake in the quarry.
Children jump into the water. V. P. Astafiev sitting on the beach.
Girl floating with a circle.
A view of the village, the cows in the field.
People walk through a meadow.
Flowering grass.
Striping: girl feeding Sparrow, writer on the porch with the newspaper.
Woman feeding chickens.
Blooming sunflower.
The writer is sitting on the porch with her granddaughter, the girl sings, women bring food to the birds.
On the road going the boy on the horse.
A flock of geese on the road.
On the way is a veteran.
A man carries grass on a cart.
Boy feeding a horse.
Veterans speak on the street.
Children with a horse.
The car goes down a country road to the horizon.
Grain field.
Personnel:
V. P. Astafiev Kurbatov, V. Ya.
Calendar: 1941-1945
Locations: Krasnoyarsk Territory [762]
Seasons: Summer [824]
Cloud.
Alternation: interview with V. P. Astafiev, rural natural landscapes.
The market crowd.
People drink alcohol in the street.
The bus drives by.
A man grabs a woman by the jacket and leads.
Through the crowd comes a policeman.
The sellers and buyers.
A woman counts money.
The market crowd.
Says V. P. Astafiev.
Flying poplar fluff.
Burning poplar fluff.
A middle-aged woman.
Burning dry grass in a field.
Freight train with tank cars.
Conversation V. Y. Kurbatov a writer.
People dancing in front of the kiosk, the people passing by.
Kiosk showcase.
Smoke over the scorched earth.
Burns dry grass. V. P. Astafiev.
Blooming sunflower.
Scarecrow in the field, the rain.
Rain over the river.
Personnel:
V. P. Astafiev Kurbatov, V. Ya.
Locations: Krasnoyarsk [923] Krasnoyarsk Territory [762]
Seasons: Summer [824]
The field is a man with a rake, sunset.
Kettle over the fire.
Says V. P. Astafiev.
People's faces, sparks above a fire.
Burning logs. V. P. Astafiev.
Man puts firewood in the fire.
The moon in the sky. V. P. Astafiev.
The river at night, lit signal lights of the ship. V. P. Astafiev.
Kettle over the fire.
The sides of the writer.
People around the campfire, says V. P. Astafiev.
Moon.
The coals of a fire.
Dawn, tree branches above water, reflection. V. P. Astafiev rides in the car.
Country rally.
The view from the car window. V. P. Astafiev.
A fragment of the rally.
V. P. Astafyev in the car, types of villages from the window.
Mountains on the banks of the river, the clouds over the peaks.
The Cup and the book on the table, the wind.
Personnel:
V. P. Astafiev Kurbatov, V. Ya.
Locations: Krasnoyarsk Territory [762]
Seasons: Summer [824]