Monologue of Love (film)

Monologue of Love
Directed by	Larisa Maslyuk
Produced by	Larisa Maslyuk
Written by	Grigore Vieru
Starring	Sofia Rotaru
Music by	Arnold Svyatogorov, Tatyana Dikareva and others
Distributed by	Ukrtelefilm
Release dates	1 January 1986 (1986-01-01) (Soviet Union, Ukraine)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Ukrainian Russian Moldavian
Budget	$,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$,000,000 (Worldwide)

Monologue of Love is a Soviet Ukrainian 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 wrote them in Moldavian 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 Moldavian 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°^[1]	Song	Performed by	Authors
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" Moldovan: 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

References

↑ Chronological order

External links

Filmography of Sofia Rotaru

Sofia Rotaru

Studio albums	Sofia Rotaru (1972) Poёt Sofia Rotaru (1973) Chervona Ruta (1972) Poёt Sofia Rotaru (1973) Sofia Rotaru (1974) Sofia Rotaru poёt pesni Vladimira Ivasyuka (1975) Visit to Ukraine (1975) Poёt Sofia Rotaru (1977) Sofia Rotaru (1978) Only For You (1979) Where Has Love Gone (1981) Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta Ensemble (1981) Sofia Rotaru (1982) Melancolie (1983) Canadian Tour 1983 (1983) Tender Melody (1985) Monologue of Love (1987) Heart of Gold (1988) Romantika (1991) Karavan lyubvi (1993) Lavanda (1993) Zolotye pesni 1985/95 (1995) Khutoryanka (1995) Noch lyubvi (1996) Chervona Ruta (1996) Lyubi menya (1998) Ya tebya po-prezhdnemu lyublyu (2002) Snezhnaya koroleva (2002) Yedynomu (2003) Listopad (2003) Lavanda, Khutoryanka, daleye vezde... (2004) Teche voda (2004) Nebo – eto ya (2004) Ya zhe yego lyubila (2005) Kogda rastsvetayet lyubov (2005) Tuman (2007) Serdtse ty moё (2007) Ya – tvoya lybov'! (2008)

Compilations	Sofia Rotaru The Best (1999) Sofia Rotaru 2000 (2000) Sofia Rotaru – zvёzdnaya seriya (2001) Sofia Rotaru The Best (2002)

Soundtracks	Vesenniye sozvuchiya (1973) Ni slova o futbole (1973) Taynik u krasnykh kamney (1972) Little Vera (1988)

Tours	All Soviet Tour (1971) Australian Tour (1998) German Tour (1999) American Tour (2003) Russian Tour (2004) Ukrainian Tour (2006) Anniversary Tour (2008)

Films	Solovey iz sela Marshintsy (1966) Chervona Ruta (1971) Dnestrovskiye melodii (1973) Pesnya vsegda s nami (1975) Gde ty, lyubov'? (1980) Dusha (1981) Monologue of Love (1986) Heart of Gold (1988) Karavan lyubvi (1991)

Concert programmes	Vas priglashayet Sofia Rotaru (1986) Tsvety Sofiy Rotaru (1991) Ya tebya po-prezhdnemu lyublyu (2001) Moy zhyzn' – moya lybov (2003) Anniversary concert (2007)

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