Nhoroondo yeFunatova inonakidza, kunyange iwe iwe unotora zita rake. Ichokwadi ndechokuti vabereki vemutevedzeri vaiva mazita mamwechete. Amai nababa Leonid nekuda kweizvi ndokusangana. Nhoroondo yavo inofadza uye isiri yepamusoro mupfungwa yokuti vangangodaro vasati vasangana, kana kwete kwechiitiko. Amai vaFiratova vakashanda kufekitari, kwavakagovera mazita evarwi vaida kunyora kumberi. Heino amai vaLoidid vakaona mazita, vakanyorera kwaari, zvino vakasangana, vakaroorana. Mukuguma kwechikonzero, izvi zvakakonzera kuberekwa kwemavambo emangwana. Zvinosuruvarisa, vaigara pamwe chete kwete kwenguva refu, uye mushure mokurambana, amai vangu nemwanakomana vakabva. Bhuku remukomana uyu rakaramba riri muAshgabat, kwavakagara nevakoma. Nenzira, kwaiva ipapo apo Leonid akazarura tarenda yekunyora. Paaiva achiri kuyaruka, mudzidzi wechikoro chesekondari, Lenya akatotumira basa rake kune vepanhau rekuno, uye akabudiswa ikoko.
Asi, kunze kwekushamwaridzana nemabhuku, Leonid akazovawo anofarira munhandare. Paaidzidza muchechi yegumi, akaudza mhuri yake neshamwari kuti mushure mokubva kuchikoro akaenda kuMoscow, kwaaizoenda kuVGIK. Hapana akamuodza mwoyo, nokuti kunyange apo shamwari neshamwari dzaiziva kuti murume uyu, pasina mubvunzo, ane tarenda yekuita. Nokudaro, pakarepo mushure mekunge apedza kudzidza, Lenya nevamwe vashoma vaidzidza navo vakaenda kuMoscow. Zvechokwadi, varume ava vakanga vane chivimbo mune zvavanogona chete nokuti vaitungamirirwa nevechidiki maximimalism uye kuzvikudza. Vakanyatsoona kuti vose vakanga vakamirira ipapo uye vaizoenda kwavaida. Asi, zvose zvakazoitika zvakashata zvachose. Somuenzaniso, Filatov pachake pachake aida kuva mutungamiriri, asi haana kubvumirwa kune chikwata ichi kuVGIK. Leonid akanga atovhiringidzika pamano ake, apo mumwe weaidzidza navo akamuudza kuti arege kusiya ruoko rwake mberi kwenguva uye akaedza ruoko rwake kuShikchukin chikoro. Inguva ino bedzi, usati waita pachigamba, asi pachigaro chekuita. Filatov akateerera zano rakanaka, uye akaita zvakanaka. Akagamuchirwa kuchikoro cheShitchu uye ikoko akapedza dzidzo yeLvov naShikhmatov.
Dzidzo Filatov yakapera muna 1969. Akakurumidza kudanwa kuTheatre yeTaganka. Vazhinji veshamwari dzake uye vazivana vaidavira kuti mukomana haawanikidzi iyi yemitambo muhupenyu hwake. Leonid aive akanyarara uye akanyatsogadzikana mukomana. Uye paTaganka zvinhu zvose zvaigara zvichikurumidza, zvinonzwika. Zvisinei, Leonid nguva ino haana kuteerera maonero ehama, ndokuenda kuzoshanda munharaunda iyi. Mutambi wacho haana kuzvidemba kusarudza kwake nguva imwe chete muupenyu hwake. Iyi yemitambo yakava nzvimbo chaiyo iyo Filatov yaigona kuzviratidza. Hongu, hongu, haana kuita mutambi uyu mukurumbira wepasi pose, asi akabatsira kuzviwana. Filatov aiwanzoyeuka kuti pakutanga akanga ane vavariro uye aida kuva mukurumbira kwazvo, asi akazoziva kuti iyi yakanga isiri chinhu chikuru. Ari kutamba mukutamba kwake, "Chii chaunofanira kuita? "Chernyshevsky, jaya iro rakaziva kuti akanzwisisa uye akagamuchira vateereri. Regai azvizive kwete mamirioni, asi mazana, asi mazana aya pakarepo uye akatendeka akawira murudo naye. Uye, saka, akanga ari nyanzvi yemagetsi, uye mafungiro evanhu akazviratidza. MuTaganka Theater, Filatov akabatana nhamba huru yezvinhu zvinonakidza, zvakasiyana uye zvisingakanganwiki. Akazviratidza semunhu akabatwa nhamo, mutevedzeri anoshamisa uye mutambo. Mumabasa ose akaunganidza dzimba dzakazara, Filatov aigara aine nzvimbo yake, basa rake, iro raakaita zvakatendeseka uye rakanaka kuti vateereri vose vaigara vachiyemura nevechidiki uye vane tarenda.
Izvo zvinofanira kuonekwa kuti Filatov airemekedza zvikuru mutungamiriri wemitambo Lyubimov. Akayemura unyanzvi hwake uye mano okugadzira. Lyubimov aivewo akanaka kwazvo pane tarenda duku, akamupa mabasa anofadza, akamurumbidza. Asi, kana ichienzaniswa nevamwe vatevedzeri, Filatov yakatamba paTaganka haisi yakawanda. Zvimwe mumwe angave ari mutambi akafunga kuti vavariro dzake hadzina kugutsikana, uye aizotanga kutsvaga basa idzva. Zvisinei, Filatov akanga asiri zvakadaro zvakadaro. Akatenda kuti akanga achiwana zvakakwana kuti azvizarurire pamberi pevateereri uye akazviwana ari panhandare. Mukuwedzera, iye akanyanya kukoshesa boka rake neshamwari dzake. Filatov ndiye munhu anogara achiisa zvakanaka pamwe chete pane zvavanoda. Mukuwedzera, pamwe chete naye akashanda vanhu vakadaro vakanaka uye vakanaka kuti Filatova inogona kunyatsonzwisiswa. Akatamba pachiitiko chakafanana naVladimir Vysotsky, Valery Zolotukhin, Alla Demidova, Boris Khmelnitsky.
Asi, zvechokwadi, Filatov inozivikanwa kune vateereri kwete chete kumitambo. Akaridza mabasa akawanda anofadza mu cinema. Isu tose tinoziva "Akakanganwa Melody yeFute" uye "Crew". Mukuwedzera kune mifananidzo iyi, mune firimu yemuitevedzeri kune mamwe akawanda mafirimu anofadza ayo ave mupiro wakakura ku cinema yeSoviet. Filatov pachake ainyatsoziva mu cinema uye aida zvakasiyana-siyana zvemasikirwo nemafereji, paanenge achida pane zvinyorwa zvepamusoro uye zvakadzama. Vazhinji vaFiratov vakanamata Fellini. Yaiva pamutungamiriri uyu iye akaenzana paakazvigadzirira mapepa ake maererano nezvinyorwa zvake. Filatov akanga ari mutambi, mutungamiriri uye mudetembi. Akagamuchira chimiro chenyika yaidiwa, asi panguva imwechete yakaderedza zvakanyanya utano hwake. Pane imwe nguva, Leonid aive nekushanda kwepyiyo, uye izvi ndizvo zvakaderedza hutano hwake. Nokudaro, paakaiswa muchipatara nehurumende yepineumonia, vanachiremba vakakundikana kuchengetedza mutambi. Filatov akapfuura makore makumi mashanu nematanhatu chete.