Writing
Valentin Rasputin
Born March 15, 1937 · Atalanka, Irkutsk Region, USSR (Russia)
Died March 14, 2015 · aged 77
No biography available.
Known For
Live and Remember · 2008Live and Remember
★ 5.12008
MovieDramaWar
Based on Valentin Rasputin's story of the same title. The winter of 1945. In a village on the Angara embankment the women wait the return of their husbands from the front. The young soldier Andrei Guskov, who fled from the hospital, returns as a deserter. In his remote winter hut only his wife Nastena visits him : she is the only person whom he can trust with his life - of an eternal fugitive doomed to loneliness. Only she loves him. She lives in the present, remembers the past and does not believe in the future. She will have a child, and to the entire village she is an unfaithful wife who did not wait for her husband to return...
Meeting · 1980Meeting
★ 10.01980
MovieDramaRomance
Anna and Nikolai meet many years later. In their youth, they loved each other, but life separated them.
Farewell · 1983Farewell
★ 6.31983
MovieDrama
Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the inhabitants of Matyora and their farewell to their homeland.
A French Lesson · 1978A French Lesson
★ 6.51978
MovieDrama
Actions of the movie occurred in Post-WWII years in small village. Mother with three children. Father was lost in the war, like many other. 11-year old son rather smart boy is main help in housekeeping. But here was primary school only, and he was sent to study to neighbor village over 50 km. He lives with his mother's friend - woman and two children. Mother brought food one time per 3 weeks, and he cooks and eats separately from householders. To buy more food he plays game 'money'. He was beaten by older boys – usual child's cruelty.
Rudolfio · 1970Rudolfio
★ 6.01970
MovieDrama
A short film based on the story by Valentin Rasputin.
Vasily and Vasilisa · 1981Vasily and Vasilisa
★ 5.21981
MovieDramaRomance
Vasily and Vasilisa had seven children and the village respected the hardworking family. One day Vasily got drunk and laid a hand on his faithful wife. It was just before the war.
The Bearskin for Sale · 1980The Bearskin for Sale
1980
MovieDrama
A television film based on the story of the same name by Valentin Rasputin. The hunter Vasil kills the bear. The surviving bear rushes to the hunter and gets injured. And now the abominable wounded beast pursues man.
Farewell, Little Island... · 1987Farewell, Little Island...
★ 7.31987
MovieAnimationFantasy
A short animation that depicts the drowning of a village by modern technology.


