From this article you will learn all about one of the best Russian films of the last decade - this is the picture “House of the Sun”. Actors and roles, plot, location of filming - everything will be described by us further.
About the film
“House of the Sun” is the third film of Garik Sukachev as a director. This drama tells of the "system" of the hippie subculture in the Soviet Union of the seventies. Boys and girls grew long hair, took out fashionable flared jeans and foreign records. Gradually, the hippie movement spread more and more.
“House of the Sun” tells about the right intelligent girl Sasha, who met the Sun, the leader of the hippie movement. Together, young people go to freedom and the only House of the Sun in the world.
Due to lack of funding, work on the film lasted 4 years. Filming continued during 2006-2007, but the film was released only in 2010. The literary basis of the film was the story of Ivan Okhlobystin, which is called "The House of the Rising Sun."
The protagonist of the film and the story has a real prototype. Yuri Burakov, or Yura Solntse, was the son of a high-ranking official and at the same time the leader of Moscow hippies. The name "House of the Rising Sun" refers to the famous folk song, The House of the Rising Sun, which gained popularity by The Animals. The film contains musical compositions that were popular in the seventies of the last century, both by foreign performers and domestic, in particular the Kalinov Bridge and Time Machine groups.
"House of the Sun": actors
Stanislav Ryadinsky played in this film the role of the leader of the Moscow "system", a mysterious hippie named the Sun. The main role of a good girl Sasha Sergeeva was played by Svetlana Ivanova.
The actors of the film “House of the Sun” played excellently, acting as friends and companions of the hippie leader. Pauline Krepak, nicknamed Gerda - Daria Moroz. Pavel Kochetkov, Maly, - Ivan Stebunov. The role of the Skeleton of Vitaly Grinzer was performed by Kirill Polikashin. Moises Blanco played the role of a foreigner named Juan Maria Arana Morteiro.
We continue to talk about the heroes of the film "House of the Sun." Actors Alexander Mokhov and Olga Blok-Mirimskaya played the parents of the main character Sasha, Vladlen Alexandrovich and Antonina Anatolyevna. In the role of Vadim, the groom of Sasha, - Anatoly Smiranin. Father of the Sun, Admiral Alexei Karelin, was played by Nikita Vysotsky. The role of Rodion's uncle was made by Sergey Batalov. Anna Tsukanova played the DJ on the local underground radio under the name Baba Bad. The role of her mother, police chief, was played by Tatyana Agafonova.
Also in the film you can see Alexei Gorbunov (Koreets), Mikhail Efremov (professor), Mikhail Gorevoy (KGB officer), Chulpan Khamatova (Koreans wife), Evdokia Germanova (head of the tourist group), Nina Ruslanova (woman Olya).
We continue to talk about the creators and heroes of the film "House of the Sun." Actors noted a very friendly atmosphere during the filming. Several crew members appeared in small episodes. Played in the film and its creators - Ivan Okhlobystin (lecturer) and Garik Sukachev (Vysotsky).
The musicians from the “Time Machine” group were played by their sons - Ivan Makarevich and Daniil Margulis. The third member of the group, Yuri Borzov, was Velimir Rusakov.
In episodic roles - Vladimir Teplyshev, Alexander Sukachev, Mikhail Zherdin, Nogon Shumarov, Bulat Gafarov, Alexander Sklyar and others.
Where starred "House of the Sun"
The actors, whose photos can be seen among the beautiful seascapes, were good, but many viewers are interested in where the film was shot. On the movie screen you can see Moscow, and most importantly - beautiful views of the Crimea: Balaklava, Kerch and Karadag.
Local people took part in the crowd, literally from the first takes took root in their roles. They wore clothes designed in the style of the seventies, and created the necessary surroundings under the direction of the director and his assistants.
Plot. Acquaintance
Let's talk about the plot of the film “House of the Sun”. The actors starred for two years, meanwhile, the film will show us a rather short period, only 17 summer days in 1974. The main character, the daughter of a senior party worker, Sasha, graduates from high school and enters a medical institute. She is sure that she passed all the exams on her own, but at home she understands that her father agreed in advance on her admission.
The girl gets acquainted with Gerda, and then with the hippie company, which become her friends. These are Gerda, the smuggler Malaya, the long-haired Skeleton and the Chilean revolutionary Juan, the artist Koreets and the Sun, the leader of the Moscow hippie community.
Sasha's new friends from good families, educated, relaxed. They are very different from the older generation, are interested in art and religion. Sasha is amazed at their way of life and considers them truly free, denying the hypocritical Soviet reality. The girl attends the first concert of “Time Machine”, a night art exhibition, meets Vysotsky and falls in love with the Sun.
Travel
As a reward for admission to the medical father, Sasha gives a ticket to the sea, to Bulgaria. However, at the very last moment, already on the way to the airport, the girl jumps out of the bus and sets off with new friends and lovers in Crimea.
In Crimea, the company settles in the house of a woman's friend Oli. Sasha drinks wine for the first time, goes to discos and dances by the fire. A pirate radio station operates in the city, created by the daughter of the head of the local police, who is also the only presenter under the name Baba Bad.
The sun often disappears somewhere, which makes the main character worry. In addition, KGB officers are following friends, especially the artist Koreans. After some time, he is being arrested. Soon, the rest of the company is in the police because of a fight with demobilization. To the rescue of them comes Baba trouble, who gave the police a bribe.
Lovers hijack a boat and go to a secluded place, in a hut, which is the home of the Sun. The film ends with a big party on the coast. The sun burns its hut.
The final
It turns out that the Sun has a heart disease, and he dies after an operation in Moscow. A Korean goes to a psychiatric hospital, and then emigrates abroad and becomes a famous artist. Gerda marries Juan, but together they disappear in Africa. Minor commits suicide. The skeleton does not return from the war in Afghanistan. Sasha returns to Moscow and becomes a heart surgeon.