The choice of fate

The autobiographical novel of the legendary artist Lenfilma, laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR. Elena Ashshinskaya took part in the filming of twenty -seven films. The most famous of them: “Republic of Skik”, “I go to a thunderstorm”, “Nameless star”, “Letters of a dead man” and four films with director Alexander Sokurov (“Frowned”, “Mourning Unslavel”, “Days of Eclipse”, “Save And save ).
In the novel there are many well -known names of actors and directors, a unique atmosphere of creation of famous films is conveyed.
The action takes place against the background of Soviet life of the 60-70s. One of the complex topics is the beating of women with their beloved husbands, despair from the inability to find a common language with a loved one. The relations of the sexes described by the author, and too emancipated for the era of late socialism, today look modern