''Monologue of Love'' is a

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, written by

Grigore Vieru Grigore Vieru (; 14 February 1935, Pererîta, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania – 18 January 2009, Chișinău, Moldova, Republic of Moldova) was a Moldovans, Moldavian poet, writer and unification of Moldova and Romania, unionist advocate. Known ...

and directed by Larisa Maslyuk, starring

Sofia Rotaru Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (born 7 August 1947), known as Sofia Rotaru ( uk, Софія Михайлівна Ротару ; russian: link=no, Софи́я Миха́йловна Рота́ру; ro, Sofia Rotaru), is a former Ukrainia ...

in the main role. The movie filmed at Ukretelefilm (Ukrainian Studio of Television Films - ''Gosteleradio'' 1986) in

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(

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

and

Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

, features the new conception in the Soviet musical telefilms: substantial poetry monologues recited by Sofia Rotaru on themes associated with love, followed by thematic songs and corresponding natural geographical and theatrical scenic setting.

Plot

The conceptual base are the poetic monologues read by Sofia Rotaru playing herself, singer. The monologues were read by Sofia Rotaru in Russian, whereas their author, G. Vieru, has supposedly written them in Romanian beforehand. In between the monologues, adapted music videos appear in all different kinds of scenery from Kazakh desert to Bukovinian rich green villages, passing by beautiful Crimean Black Sea and Lithuanian Baltic Sea shorelines. Sofia Rotaru performs personally in the movie without double

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s, namely the role of

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in love, singing the song "Amor" in Romanian language.

Soundtrack

Sofia Rotaru performed following songs:Echo of Fidelity, Insignificant Event, They Say, Autumn, Night, We - People, "Retro" Machine, Leaves Flew Away, In My House, Amor, The Water Flows, Give Me a Break. Composers: I. Poklad,

David Tukhmanov David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR (russian: Дави́д Фёдорович Тухма́нов, was born on July 20, 1940, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2000), State Prize of Ru ...

, A. Morozov, K. Shuaev, Arnold Svyatogorov, G. Tatarchenko, V. Laschyuk, Tatyana Dikareva,

Vladimir Matetsky Vladimir Leonardovich Matetsky (russian: link=no, Владимир Леонардович Матецкий; born May 14, 1952, in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet composer, producer, and radio presenter. Matetsky is a member of the Russian Authors ...

. Lyrics by authors:

Rasul Gamzatov Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov ( av, ХӀамзатазул Расул ХӀамзатил вас, Ħamzatil Rasul Ħamzatil vas, ; russian: Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов, p=rɐˈsul ɡɐmˈzatəvʲɪtɕ ɡɐmˈzatəf, a=Rasu ...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko ( rus, links=no, 1=Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, ...

Andrey Voznesensky Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (russian: link=no, Андре́й Андре́евич Вознесе́нский, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of th ...

, Yu. Rybchinskiy, I. Lazarevskiy, M. Ryabinin, V. Bliznichuk, G. Taranenko, Nikolay Rubtsov, V. Laschyuk, A. Saed-Shakh, Music was performed by ensembles: "Chervona Ruta", "Calendar", "Forum", "Synthesis", "Display", State Pop-Symphonic Orchestra of USSR, group of violin players of the pop-symphonic orchestra of the Ukrainian Television and Radio {, class="wikitable" ! N°Chronological order ! Song ! Performed by ! Authors ! Commentaries , - , 1 , "Theatre"
russian: Театр/Teatr , rowspan="13",

, ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 2 , "They Say"
russian: Говорят/Govoryat , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 3 , "Echo of Fidelity"
russian: Эхо верности/Ekho vernosti , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 4 , Little Incident
russian: Маленькое происшествие/Malenikoe proishestvie , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 5 , "Autumn"
russian: Осень/Oseni , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 6 , "Night"
russian: Ночь/Nochi , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 7 , "We - People"
russian: Мы - люди/My - lyudi , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 8 , "Retro Machine"
russian: Машина "Ретро"/Mashina "Retro" , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 9 , "Leaves Have Flown Away"
russian: Улетели листья/Uleteli listya , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 10 , "Water Flows"
uk, Тече вода/Teche voda , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 11 , "Love"
ro, Amor , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 12 , "Life, Send Me a Break"
russian: Жизнь, ниспошли мне передышку/Zhizni, nisposhli mne peredyshku , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} , , - , 13 , "In My House"
russian: В доме моем/V dome moyom , ^{Lyrics:
Music:} ,

Cast

*V. Stepanov, Ira Chernyaeva, Lena Sedova, *students of villages: Rybachy in

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. *Ensemble of pop dances of the Palace of Culture of "Abay", *actors of puppet theatre in

Shevchenko Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko; ua , Шевченко), a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word ''shvets'' ( uk, швець), " cobbler/shoemaker", and ...

Fort-Shevchenko Fort-Shevchenko ( kk, Форт-Шевченко) is a military-base town and administrative centre of Tupkaragan District in Mangystau Region of Kazakhstan on the eastern shore of Caspian Sea. Primary industries include fishing and the extract ...

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Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia (; ; german: link=no, Wischnitz; pl, Wyżnica; ro, Vijnița; ; ) is a town located in the historical region of Bukovina, on the Cheremosh River in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia ...

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...

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Production

*Producer: Larisa Maslyuk *Cameraman: Guennadiy Zubanov *Scenario: Grigore Vieru *The music recorded by Vladimir Leshchenko *Responsible for movie production and processing: V. Kozyarevich, Ya. Golovach, K. Petrov, V. Kuznetsov, N. Zachipelenko, I. Bonitenko, B. Sidrochenko, V. Vorobiev, I. Gusev, A. Bilko, A. Makedon, T. Semekha, N. Svetikova, I. Sidorov

References

External links

Filmography of Sofia Rotaru
1980s Soviet films 1980s Russian-language films 1986 films Concert films 1980s dance films Soviet musical films Soviet-era Ukrainian films Ukrainian-language films Films about entertainers 1980s musical films 1986 multilingual films Soviet multilingual films Soviet television films