Happy Go Lucky (Russian: Печки-лавочки, romanized: Pechki-lavochki, literally Stoves and benches — ironic regional saying that may mean Various subjects for casual conversations or/and Distracting lies depending on the certain context) is a 1972 Soviet comedy film directed by Vasily Shukshin.
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Plot
Story about a travel of married couple from a far-off village in the Altai Mountains to the southern sea. For the first time in life spouses go to the holiday according to the trade-union committee permit moreover in a separate coupe. Road adventures and a rhythm of new life carry them away, but among beauty of the southern nature they can't forget about native places and close people who wait for their return.
Cast
Vasily Shukshin as Ivan Rastorguyev
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Nyura Rastorgueva
Vsevolod Sanayev as Professor
Georgi Burkov as Viktor, fake сonstructor, thief
Zinovy Gerdt as 2nd professor
Ivan Ryzhov as Train steward
Stanislav Lyubshin as Ivan Stepanov
Vadim Zakharchenko as Business traveller
Facts
A significant part of the shooting took place in the village of Shulgin Log on the bank of the Katun River. All the shooting took four months.
The role of Ivan Sergeevich Rastorguev was proposed to Leonid Kuravlyov, but he refused it.