The conflict between fathers and children is an eternal generational conflict. But in Little Faith, it takes place in a stagnant socialist society in which morality and hypocrisy go hand in hand. The film became the leader of the 1988 distribution, but the audience left it in batches.
In the midst of perestroika, the feature film "Little Vera" by Vasily Pichul was released on the screens of the Soviet Union. The film has put an end to illusions about a wonderful life in the Union. Before Little Faith, all the problems of socialist society were focused on human relationships in the context of Soviet ideology. Problems such as drunkenness, prostitution were positioned as atypical, going beyond the basic concepts.
Plot of the film
The plot is based on the relationship between a young provincial woman Vera Marinina and an intellectual, not in the first generation of Sergei. Young people are creative and relaxed, especially with regard to sexual intercourse. Circumstances develop in such a way that Sergei and Vera are forced to legalize their relationship.
The result is a misalliance. Vera's philistine family cannot understand and accept Sergei's lifestyle, and a tragedy occurs. In a conflict of parties, Vera chooses a family.
There was sex in the Soviet Union
Soviet cinema tried to delicately bypass bed scenes, only hinting at intimate relationships between the characters. More frank hints, the demonstration of a naked body were fraught with conflicts, as was the case with Stanislav Rostotsky's film The Dawns Here Are Quiet.
Vasily Pichul for the first time showed sexual intercourse without ambiguity, and not even in a classical pose. This came as a shock to the whole country, not spoiled by eroticism and having a vague idea of the "porn" genre.
Despite the fact that all the delicate places were covered with the heroine's skirt, the top-less presented to the viewer's attention confused even the not the most sanctimonious part of the moviegoer.
What is the real innovation of the film
Behind the frank scene, not everyone noticed the true tragedy of the film. For the first time, the viewer was presented with the life of an ordinary Soviet family without cinematic gloss. The head of the family, who sees his destiny in the material support of the family, and presents a feast as the only way to spend leisure time, his wife is a dull keeper of the hearth. Children, although they demonstrate a conflict between "fathers and children", most likely, over time, will smoothly flow into the category of "fathers" and repeat their life scenario.
The worst thing is that the Marinin family is a copy of the average Soviet-style family, and not the worst one. This was the reason that most ordinary people remembered the film only from the erotic scene.
