Galina and Alexander

In St. Petersburg on November 19, the premiere of the film Alexander Sokurov "Alexander" was held. The main role in this film about the war in Chechnya was played by Opera Primadonna Galina Vishnevskaya.

The premieres in the usual order take place in the House of Cinema or in any cinema. This time it was held at the Mikhailovsky Opera and Ballet Theater. Among the guests were Natalia Dementieva, Mikhail Shvydka, Mikhail Piotrovsky, four St. Petersburg vice-governor and, accordingly, a considerable number of officials. The guests were planted in the stalls and lodges. He entered the stage, along with the director and performer of the lead role, Mr. Shvydka and explained that we will see not some blockbuster there, but the film, which is a "contribution of Russia to the treasury of world film art."

The film, in fact, was played, as he sleeps, Galina Vishnevskaya, who was not in a friendly

Acting ensemble, but rather, accompanied by choir and mimans. Vishnevskaya is designed to embody the elevated image of the mother-mother, written by the screenwriter, specially written by the screenwriter. Its appearance is changed, this time there will be no diva - evening outfits, makeup and a beautiful hairstyle. It has ordinary clothing on it; Her hair, long and gray, are braided in a braid, and a completely different makeup is imposed on her face, as if making her similar to someone else. The whole appearance of our heroine completely coincides with the female way on the famous poster of wartime "Mother Mother calls!"

An elevated, majestic, embodied motherland-mother, the heroine throughout the film slowly walks through the territory of the Russian military camp in Chechnya. This simple Russian woman Alexander arrived, according to the script, to visit the grandson-captain, an employee for seven years. Alexandra talks with the commander of the military unit and with many soldiers. He rides in an armored train and climbs inside the armored personnel carrier. He tries his weapons, sniffs it, presses the trigger and says: "Yes, the weapon is good." The imperious woman does not obey anyone, on the contrary, she almost gives orders; He does what he considers necessary, does not allow anyone to doubt his own rightness, does not allow anyone to disobey. Dictates his will as the highest.

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The matter is still happening in Chechnya, our heroine comes into contact with the local population. Having reappeared in the camp, she makes the soldiers a harsh verdict: "They do not like you here!"

The local population who does not love Russians consists of rather pretty people. Muslim boys, ardent, as in Lermontov verses, burn sincere faith and dream of pilgrimage to Mecca. And also about traveling to the former capital of the Russian Empire.

But Russian soldiers disappointed. They seem to be without bad habits, but the calves of the calves. Somewhere they are loaded all the time, driving-not that for slaughter, but somewhere where Makar does not drive the calves. What they do do not really know; Looking at our Motherland, the soldiers are not averse to crying. And in general, they are ready to find out from her what to do in life. She gives them a clear advice: get, guys, from here. Go home and deal with the reproduction of offspring. The matter is simple and pleasant, right.

Having read this slogan aloud, the Motherland considers his mission to be fulfilled. After which you can already leave the theater of military operations, change into an evening toilet, put on jewelry and rise on stage. The hall applauded the film standing for almost five minutes. Just in time as much as it would take to hear the standing party or state anthem.

A very appropriate election campaign, it turns out, this film. I'm not saying anything about Sokurov. The party said: "We must!" - The Komsomol answered: "Yes!" My acquaintance, the director of one of the museums, based on his own life experience, otherwise as a “Koms and one”, that is, Komsomol employee, Mr. Sokurov does not call.

Galina Vishnevskaya sang all her life from the stage, marvelous. But invite her to this role

The director decided, of course, not because of the heavenly beauty of her voice. They began to row and make up for it because Ms. Vishnevskaya has a significant political and social authority. At a press conference on the occasion of the premiere, one of the journalists asked Vishnevskaya: "Tell me, how soon after the war did you be able to adapt to a peaceful life?" "After which one? - asked Vishnevskaya. "After Chechen ..." - the journalist explained. And so, besides him, everyone knows that Vishnevskaya survived the second world. "We are from Kronstadt" - it is not from this plot, but that's exactly what from Kronstadt. All this is a vague-heroic over it as if he was herself. For many years of the confrontation between the Soviet regime or the friendship of her family with Solzhenitsyn are all the well -known facts of the biography of Galina Vishnevskaya. As a heroine of resistance, she is known that she challenged the authorities and left the Soviet Union. And for a long time was a noticeable figure of Russian emigration; But not one of the stuffal political figures, but a successful, world -famous artist. Vishnevskaya has always been an opponent of power, emphasized her non -conformism. Her main merit, political valor will still be that she "escaped." Not as high as

Nureev, but still jumped over a certain metaphorical fence. That is, she committed an almost heroic act, and therefore has the right, in the end, to be outside the competition for the role of Mother's homeland. And this role somehow does not fit with the heroic past Galina Vishnevskaya. As if she was taking a fake note in her beautiful voice. She saw heroes, probably, not only on picturesque portraits written from the participants in the war of 1812. It cannot be that she did not know that a certain female image and what is behind him is inspired by the heroic behavior of soldiers and officers. A woman who extends her hand, sending husbands and sons to the battle and requiring them from them ... not to dump from the battlefield, because they are not like there, but to return "with a shield or on a shield."

The motherland is a high image and belongs to the cult of heroic; He was created by him. In my opinion, Johan Hayzing wrote better about heroism. Classical heroism is based on a "farmopilian" sample. Fermopiles and many great battles became evidence of powerful ideas and noble instincts: loyalty, obedience, discipline, self -sacrifice, service. The soldiers go into battle not in order to become heroes, but in order to fulfill their duty. The motherland -mother, menacingly looking from a military poster, is the same Sparta of Farmopilian soldiers. She, Sparta, calls for the service, fulfill the mission, duty. And then no soldiers are an exception. Including those who run around the military town in the Sokurov film and who are so inappropriately, by the arm, “inspires” Vishnevskaya. So, honestly, it would be nice for her a batch of mother-mother.