Film
Tell Me an Anecdote, Don’t Be Afraid…. (1990)
Annotation
About the anecdote (a funny story), the most popular folklore genre.Reel №1
A man is telling an anecdote inside.
An elderly woman is telling an anecdote.
Men and women are telling the anecdotes.
A May Day Demonstration (Socialist and Labor Movement Demonstrations conducted on May 1) in the city of Voronezh.
The policemen are passing by; an orchestra, soldiers.
The marchers holding portraits of Lenin, with flowers.
The demostrators are standing.
The parody variety performance: a man in military uniform with orders is singing.
The models of the orders on the buildings.
A panorama of Svetlana Serolina, a student from Moscow playing the guitar and singing own song.
The people are in the restaurant, a girl at the table is telling a joke.
A panorama of the table, there are the letters, newspapers, pictures of Michael Gorbachev and other documents.
A panorama of the monument (bust) to Mitrofan Pyatnitsky, the founder of a folk chorus.
The transparency “Slava velikomu Leninnu” [“Glory to the great Lenin”] on the building.
The people are standing in the park near the placard with the insription: “Demokratichesky soyuz” [“Democratic Union”].
A postbox on the building.
A panorama of the advertisement.
A panorama of the people near the fountain.
A horse cab is going along the street.
A panorama of the old building with a watch.
A man is telling an anecdote during the wedding party.
A fiancée is listening, a young lady-guest.
Reel №2
The faces of guests in the wedding party, a woman is telling a joke.
The buildings in Voronezh.
The flags.
A panorama of the monument.
An ash-tray.
A young girl is telling a joke, a man is listening.
A toy-airplane is on the branch.
A building with a spire.
A panorama of the street, passerbys.
A church dome.
A blossoming apple tree.
A panorama of a figure near the building.
A placard of the American movie “Rembo: First Blood”.
A girl-teenager.
The wedding party: the bottles are standing, people are filling glasses with wine.
A panorama of men telling a joke.
The youngsters dancing the dance “Lambada” in the restaurant.
A musician wearing sunglasses.
The musician is telling an anecdote in the restaurant.
An elderly woman is telling a joke.