Monologue of Love (film)

Monologue of Love
Written by	Grigore Vieru
Directed by	Larisa Maslyuk
Starring	Sofia Rotaru
Music by	Arnold Svyatogorov, Tatyana Dikareva and others
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original languages	Ukrainian Russian Romanian
Production
Producer	Larisa Maslyuk
Running time	71 minutes
Production company	Ukrtelefilm
Original release
Release	1 January 1986 (1986-01-01)

Monologue of Love is a Soviet musical telefilm, written by Grigore Vieru and directed by Larisa Maslyuk, starring Sofia Rotaru in the main role. The movie filmed at Ukretelefilm (Ukrainian Studio of Television Films - Gosteleradio 1986) in Crimea (Ukrainian SSR), Kazakh SSR and Lithuanian SSR, 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 stunt performers, namely the role of windsurfer 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, A. Morozov, K. Shuaev, Arnold Svyatogorov, G. Tatarchenko, V. Laschyuk, Tatyana Dikareva, Vladimir Matetsky.

Lyrics by authors: Rasul Gamzatov, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Andrey Voznesensky, Grigore Vieru, 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

N°	Song	Performed by	Authors	Commentaries
1	"Theatre" Russian: Театр/Teatr	Sofia Rotaru	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" Ukrainian: Тече вода/Teche voda		Lyrics: Music:
11	"Love" Romanian: 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 Kaliningrad Oblast, Nida in Lithuanian SSR.
• Ensemble of pop dances of the Palace of Culture of "Abay",
• actors of puppet theatre in Shevchenko, Fort-Shevchenko in Kazakh SSR,
• Vyzhnytsia in Chernivtsi Oblast,
• Gurzuf in Crimea

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

External links

• Filmography of Sofia Rotaru