A Driver for Vera (Voditel dlya Very)

Set in the Crimea in the early 1960s, A Driver for Vera follows the personal and political dilemmas of a prominent Soviet general (Bogdan Stupka), his handicapped daughter Vera (Elena Babenko), and their driver Viktor (Igor' Petrenko). The film received the largest number of prizes at last year's Kinotavr festival including the prestigious Golden Rose award and the awards for best director, screenplay, and cameraman. The film was also Ukraine's official nominee in the "Best Foreign Movie" category for the Academy Awards in March 2005.


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Igor Petrenko ("Zvezda", "Karmen"), Alena Babenko ("Kamenskaya"), Bogdan Stupka ("Ognem i mechom", "Vostok-Zapad"), Ekaterina YUdina i Andrej Panin ("Mama, ne goryuj", "Granitsa", "Brigada") v istoricheskoj drame "Voditel dlya Very".

Krym. 1962 god…
Serzhant Viktor molod, staten, smotrit na zhizn prosto i pragmatichno. On gotov na vse, chtoby dobitsya v zhizni svoej tseli - sdelat kareru. Poka udacha sposobstvuet emu - ego, kursanta privilegirovannoj Kremlevskoj roty, krupnyj armejskij general beret svoim lichnym voditelem.
General Serov izmuchen zakulisnymi intrigami - za spinoj u voenachalnika polno prohodimtsev, gotovyh unichtozhit semyu Serovyh na kornyu, vmeste so vsej chelyadyu. Da tut esche doch Vera bespokoit. Naglovataya devitsa s iskorezhennoj poliomielitom nogoj napropaluyu krutit romany, pritantsovyvaya pod CHaka Berri. Mamy u Very net uzhe davno; iz rodni - lish papa da tetka-alkogolichka, razgovarivayuschaya prakticheski v stile rep: "Vot i koftochka na tebe modelnaya - i nozhku stavish pochti rovnenko - da ty mne butylochku prinesla - nu pochemu zhe net - pojdu na obed, u nas segodnya blinchiki". U Very mezh tem ne blinchiki na ume, a rebenok, kotorogo ona nagulyala s zaletnym kubintsem. Vera speshit na abort - tut-to i poyavlyaetsya zayavlennyj v nazvanii voditel Viktor, krepkij paren rodom iz detdoma, poklonnik Gagarina i Elvisa. Odnako dobratsya do kliniki nelegko - generalovy grehi ne puskayut v raj.
Serov rasschityvaet zhenit Viktora Vere. Vera - hromonozhka. No novogo voditelya Viktora eto ne slishkom smuschaet. Za shans probitsya "v vysshie sfery", Viktor gotov zhenitsya na docheri generala. A vlyubchivaya Vera ne zamechaet holodnogo rascheta s ego storony. Strannyj ih roman razvivaetsya na generalskoj dache v Krymu pod Sevastopolem. Laskovoe solntse chernomorskogo poberezhya, atmosfera shestidesyatyh s ih muzykoj, modami, mashinami, s ih bytom i razvlecheniyami, budut sosedstvovat v filme s tajnoj borboj za sfery vliyaniya mezhdu armiej i KGB. V etoj borbe zhizn generala, ego docheri i tolko chto rodivshegosya ee rebenka, sudba voditelya Viktora stanut vsego lish razmennoj monetoj…

Nagrady:
Glavnyj Priz "Zolotaya Roza" Otkrytogo Rossijskogo Kinofestivalya "Kinotavr" 2004 g.

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