Larisa Kadochnikova, the actress who performed Marichka within the movie, spoke regarding her impressions of Bukovyna and the primary launch of the movie overseas, in Argentina.
After viewing the restored movie “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” on the Mykolaychuk OPEN pageant, an interview with Larisa Kadochnikova occurred.
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The story of the Ukrainian theater and movie actress, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named following Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1991), Folks’s Artist of Ukraine (1992), members of the Nationwide Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine and Larisa Kadochnikova, the muse of this 12 months’s movie pageant – additional in direct language.
“After they known as me and invited me to the pageant, I gladly accepted the invitation, as a result of at one time I acted right here in two movies.
We regularly got here from filming in Chernivtsi, town is fabulous, a bit of uncared for, however so stunning, what a beautiful college, for me it’s a beautiful impression, I noticed the college as soon as earlier than this second, and following they introduced me once more and confirmed me – it’s merely incredible , that is artwork. I’ve not seen such universities in Europe, it’s a pleasure to dwell on this metropolis and have such a college.
“Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” is an image that has introduced Ukraine greater than 100 worldwide awards. I traveled everywhere in the world with this job. When my title is talked regarding, everybody reacts calmly, however when Parajanov’s title and the heroine Marichka are talked regarding, individuals ask if they’ll contact me. Now we’ve the cult of Parajanov, UNESCO has designated this 12 months because the 12 months of Parajanov.
In 2023, I went to the pageant in Venice, I traveled everywhere in the world and attended many festivals, however I dreamed of going to the Venice pageant. We introduced “Shadows” to the pageant. Cinema ages at lightning pace, however this image hasn’t aged. It was proven thrice. Some foreigners are among the many spectators. After the screenings, the corridor rose and thunderous applause started. They had been delighted.
Once I first got here to Bukovyna for filming, I used to be impressed by the individuals. Wearing nationwide garments, all of them greeted me, and I didn’t perceive why. This sincerity was wonderful, how they greeted, how they bowed, they adored Parajanov. Within the village, filming occurred within the morning, individuals had been filmed usually scenes, and within the night Paradzhanov arrange his theater, informed tales, everybody listened to him. Earlier than filming, we ran to the forest early within the morning, collected mushrooms, then gave them to the hosts the place we stayed, and went to the filming. It was such happiness for us. There are spectacular individuals who dwell in concord with nature.
“Ivan Mykolaichuk might play the tsar, the rely, the prince, and easy Ivan”
He was very beneficiant. He was known as a thinker, Paradzhanov and Illenko adored him. They had been very pleasant.
When the capturing was completed and we broadcasted the work in a small corridor, we had been very fearful regarding how the movie turned out. Ivan Drach then informed us that we made a superb image. Everybody exhaled.
The work needed to be despatched overseas to the pageant as quickly as attainable, in order that in our nation it might not be placed on some shelf “to lie for a very long time”.
The primary screening at a pageant in Argentina
It was Argentina. Paradzhanov was speculated to fly, however he was reported, the paperwork weren’t issued and it didn’t work out. Ivan Mykolaichuk and I flew to current the image. Ivan rented a go well with with a shirt on the studio, pals gave him two sweaters, I additionally took some garments. They gave us 10 {dollars} to take with us.
The corridor on the exhibiting of the tape was crowded, there have been stars of Hollywood and Europe. The evaluation is full. They chanted to us: Bravo! From that second we grew to become stars. It was unbelievable.
Everybody requested the place director Paradzhanov was, and we mightn’t clarify why he didn’t arrive.
At the moment, Ivan was 19 years previous, he attracted consideration, he was good-looking and good-looking. However surprisingly, not one of the American or European administrators invited him to play. I believe that possibly there have been affords, however the administration didn’t inform us. It was a triumph. The tape obtained two awards then. Folks got here as much as us and informed us that we had introduced a miracle, questioning the place this Ukraine is, the place this Bukovina is.
The Ukrainian diaspora merely adopted us, we noticed that they miss their homeland. When the Ukrainian diaspora wished to speak to us, the KGBist who got here with us mentioned that he didn’t enable all of the questions due to him.”
