Red viburnum

The heroes of Shukshin - village residents, provincials, ordinary hard workers - are not as simple as it might seem at first glance. Sometimes they commit ridiculous, inexplicable acts. Suddenly, their own plans and their own well -being will be brought or destroyed or destroyed. They will begin to invent an eternal engine, all their savings will be spent on a microscope, they will devote all day a bath or with a gun in their hands will begin to beat off someone else"s beautiful lady ... Stupidity? Recklessness? Hooliganism? Miracle? All this is nothing more than a search for meaning in what is happening, the search for truth and justice, an attempt to break through to the very essence hidden behind everyday life and everyday life.
Is the hero of the film Poles Trying to change his life and make it meaningful? Kalina is red? , listening to the movements of the soul and trying to follow them.
The collection of works by Vasily Shukshin was illustrated by the artist Alexander Andreev, with amazing sensitivity and good humor, passing the characters? Chudikov?.
The text is printed according to the publication: Shukshin V. M. Collected Works: in 3 volumes / Comp. L. Fedoseeva-Shukshina. - M .: Young Guard, 1985. - T. 2, 3