Farewell (1983 film)

Farewell (Russian: Прощание, romanized: Proshchanie) is a 1983 Soviet drama film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Elem Klimov[1][2].

Farewell (Russian: Прощание), Proshchanie)
Directed byElem Klimov
Written byGerman Klimov
Larisa Shepitko
Rudolf Tyurin
StarringStefaniya Stanyuta
Lev Durov
Aleksei Petrenko
Leonid Kryuk
Vadim Yakovenko
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
Music byVyacheslav Artyomov,
Alfred Schnittke
CinematographyVladimir Chukhnov,
Aleksei Rodionov,
Yuri Skhirtladze,
Sergei Taraskin
Edited byValeriya Belova
Production
company
Distributed bySovexportfilm
Release date
1983
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The existence of the village of Matyora, located on a small island of the same name, is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam to serve a hydroelectric power plant. The villagers oppose their displacement and the loss of their traditions, but are eventually forced to bid farewell to their homeland.

Cast

Production history

While scouting locations in June 1979 for her planned adaptation of the ecological fable, original director Larisa Shepitko died in a car accident along with four members of her shooting team. After a delay the project was finally completed in 1981 by her widower Elem Klimov and although shelved for a further two years, was eventually given a limited release in the Soviet Union in 1983. Originally chosen to open the 1984 Berlin Film Festival, it was initially refused an export licence until three years later when it was screened in Berlin.

References
  1. Литература об Иркутской области (1986)
  2. Валентин Григорьевич Распутин: Биобиблиографический указатель
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