Olga Kusenko

A spectacle version of Ivan Franko Theater, based on “The Candle of Fun” by Ivan Kocherga.

The performance of the Kiev state academic Ukrainian drama theater about two friends, in the past — participants of the civil war, and now — the chairmen of the collective farms "Death to capitalism" and "Quiet life". And if Salivon Garlic all efforts are focused on the development of public riches of the collective farm, the dumpling is fighting for the welfare of the individual farm of each farmer. Their skirmish on this ground is the basis of the plot of the Comedy play…

Festive Kyiv meets victorious warriors. Among the noise and fun, Irina Gaeva feels especially lonely. No one is waiting for her, no one meets her at the station. All her family and friends died during the war. Confused, overwhelmed by grief, Irina decides to go to the village, in the battles for which her husband died.

After working for twenty years in the village of Kalinovaya Roscha, the once energetic chairman of the collective farm, Ivan Romanyuk, "broke down" and became a bureaucrat. Natalya Kovshik, the glib-tongued chairman of the village Council, and Karp Vetrovoy, a former Black Sea sailor, join the fight with him.

The main film character, an ordinary peasant Martyn Borylya, decided to get a noble order. Having chosen a little and primitive aim, in the chase of the artificial values, he loses everything.

Many years brings the collective-farm postman Arina post to home folks. This village in one corner is calledl; Chistuy Kolodets; in other ; Chistaya Krinitsa Russians and Ukrainians live there. Arina's stories about village people and the contemporaries create big story which in many recalls their favourite songs.

Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Franko. The story of a happy couple Aneli and Anton Angarovych. They love each other, love their children and are ready to do anything for the well-being of their family. For this, Anton gave five years of his life to serve in Bosnia. Anelia solved this problem in her own way: to save the dignity and honor of her family, which she had tarnished by her involvement in criminal cases, she committed suicide.