PERŠYJ PARUBOK / PERVYI PAREN’

Sergej Paradžanov

Scen.: Petro Lubenskij, Viktor Bezorud’ko. F.: Serhii Revenko. M.: N. Gorbenko. Scgf.: Oleksandr Lisenbart, Valerij Novakov. Mus.: Jevhen Zubtsov. Int.: Hryhorij Karpov (Juška), Liudmyla Sosjura, (Odarka), Jurij Satarov (Danila), Valerija Kovalenko (Katrja), Andrij AndrienkoZemskov (Žurba), Mykola Šutko (Sidor), Tetiana Alekseeva (Frosja), Liudmyla Orlova (Yavdoška), Mychailo Kramar (Panas), Jaroslav Sas’ko (Makar). Prod.: Studi cinematografici Dovženko. 35mm. D.: 85’. Col.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

An adventurous prankster and fabulator in real life, Parajanov did not fully display this creative facet in his cinema. Pershyi parubok remained his only direct involvement with comedy, although one can find certain humorous touches in all of his subsequent films.
Parajanov’s first solo film is a tribute to his teacher, Ukrainian director Ihor Savchenko, who pioneered the collective farm comedy genre with his 1934 film Accordion (Garmon), about the consciousness-raising power of music.
Pershyi parubok also deals with the leisure time of the collective farm youth, but in the spirit of the thaw, the rise of consciousness is achieved through the introduction of sports and topped off by marriage. The wayward mechanic Yushka (Hryhorii Karpov) is secretly in love with the Komsomol secretary Odarka (Liudmyla Sosiura), who shows few direct signs of reciprocity, not out of lack of interest, but out of a dutifulness that turns out to be not so robust in the end. Parajanov peppered the film with witty quotes and inventive gags, creating a layered texture that subverts the formulaic story. Despite its many departures from the popular genre formula the film became the biggest commercial success of Parajanov’s entire career, generating 21.7 million admissions.

Olga Briukhovetska

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