Figure 1.--Here the grandfather and and grandson visit the tomb to the unknown soldier of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow so that the boy can lay a bouquet of flowers in tribute to fallen Red Army soldiers. |
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The plot of 'I'm in Love with You, Life!' is made up around a granddad and a grandson walking streets of Moscow. Grandfather tells the boys all his stories and experiences about the various city land marks. A reader has provided plot details. "You can watch this film online. I watched it. It is essentially a Soviet propaganda film exalting Russian life by showing various aspects of Moscow through the eyes of a small boy who is taken around the city by his grandfather. The tour of Moscow is interrupted frequently by performances by male singers whose faces are shown in close-up and who sing patriotic Russian songs. The grandfather buys his grandson a folder of photos of the city and the boy examines them on a park bench while the grandfather reads a newspaper. They meet a decorated Russian army officer who takes a liking to the boy and salutes him. The officer tells the boy about adventures in the military. Later they meet a group of Mexicans and the boy is given a huge sombrero to wear which delights him. Continuing their tour of the city, the boy comes upon a little girl and her mother. The girl is crying about some minor "tragedy" in her young life, and the boy cheers her up by giving her the sombrero to wear. The grandfather shows the boy monuments to the glory of Russian history, and they visit a tomb of the unknown solider of the Great Patriotic War so that the boy can lay a bouquet of flowers in tribute to fallen Rd Army soldiers (figure 1). We are given a sense of Russian military prowess by sights of missile installations and other evidences of Russian military superiority. Lots of footage of street crowds, people coming out of subways, etc.--the bustle of Moscow city life. He plays hopskotch on a grid that has been chalked by other children in the street.
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