Zone of Lyube

Plot

The film shows a concert of the Lyube group in zones and prisons, the audience of which are prisoners, security guards, men, women and teenagers, each song of which becomes someone's personal fate.

Cast

Marina Levtova as Lena, journalist

Nikolay Rastorguyev as cameo

Fyodor Sukhov as Sedoy

Sergey Sazontyev as major

Irina Rozanova as a prisoner's wife

Andrey Podoshian as Gypsy (elder brother)

Valery Garkalin as Silnyy

Aleksey Serebryakov as Andrey Egorov

Marina Golub as Ozornaya

Yevgeny Vesnik as Rynochnik

Natalya Khorokhorina as Lukavaya

Vladimir Kashpur as prisoner

Critical response

The film became an important milestone in the history of the group. At the same time, Andrei Titov, in his review for Iskusstvo Kino, wrote that the debutant director acted uncertainly, and called the dramatic component of the film “helpless”.

Soundtrack

The film features the following songs from the group's discography:

"White Swan" (Белый лебедь, features an edited, shorter arrangement from the studio track)

"The Orphan of Kazan" (Сирота Казанская)

"Horse" (Конь, features an alternate arrangement from the studio track)

"Moon" (Луна)

"Out in the Wild" (На воле)

"Little Sister" (Младшая сестрёнка)

"Keep rocking" (Давай-наяривай, originally from the previous album of the group - "Who said we lived badly?..", 1992)

"Forgive me, mother" (Ты прости меня, мама)

"Finale" (later part of "Out in the Wild")

"The Road" (Дорога)

The composer for all tracks is Igor Matvienko. The lyricists are Alexander Shaganov (3, 6-8, 10), Mikhail Andreev (1, 5, 8) and Vladimir Baranov (2).