The Death of a Government Clerk (Смерть чиновника, 1988) by Aleksandr Viken

1. Cynir 2023-12-09 14:46:01

I read this story when I was in the university. Actually, I have to read it, because it was in the lecture. The theatrical adaptation is also very interesting !

This story reminds me of a very painful aspect of life, but I won't try to explain it clearly so everyone can think for themselves. Around the early 1990s, when Vietnam's economy began to liberalize, an engineer from the Soviet Union hinted at telling his own problem, of course he also fictionalized it a bit. That short story was later made into a telefilm and was very popular, because it seemed to touch the black cat of the whole society.

The story is about an engineer with a very high degree returning from the Soviet Union. However, he has to be managed by several persons who are poorly educated and generally not aware of the times. He wants to apply what he has learned to the Vietnamese context, but he cannot understand that the facility is not capable of receiving that knowledge yet. What's more, his outspokenness could endanger himself. It's simple, because it affects the survival of a system that "steals labor hours, cuts off raw materials, and especially maintains positions to continue... stealing and cutting off". Therefore, those in power begin to use money to corrupt the main character. When they feel they are not successful, they secretly pressure him to go crazy and die.

The last scene of the film also tells one more detail : Two students happened to pass by the grave. They asked the deceased for blessings so they could pass an advanced degree. We can completely imagine the fate of these characters, of course they will follow the same vicious cycle as the man in the grave.

I read this story when I was in the university. Actually, I have to read it, because it was in the lecture. The [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T6crO82dkY]theatrical adaptation[/url] is also very interesting !

This story reminds me of a very painful aspect of life, but I won't try to explain it clearly so everyone can think for themselves. Around the early 1990s, when Vietnam's economy began to liberalize, an engineer from the Soviet Union hinted at telling his own problem, of course he also fictionalized it a bit. That short story was later made into a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqpLkfhDAfc]telefilm[/url] and was very popular, because it seemed to touch the black cat of the whole society.

The story is about an engineer with a very high degree returning from the Soviet Union. However, he has to be managed by several persons who are poorly educated and generally not aware of the times. He wants to apply what he has learned to the Vietnamese context, but he cannot understand that the facility is not capable of receiving that knowledge yet. What's more, his outspokenness could endanger himself. It's simple, because it affects the survival of a system that "steals labor hours, cuts off raw materials, and especially maintains positions to continue... stealing and cutting off". Therefore, those in power begin to use money to corrupt the main character. When they feel they are not successful, they secretly pressure him to go crazy and die.

The last scene of the film also tells one more detail : Two students happened to pass by the grave. They asked the deceased for blessings so they could pass an advanced degree. We can completely imagine the fate of these characters, of course they will follow the same vicious cycle as the man in the grave.

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Year	1988
Director(s)	Viken Aleksandr
Studio(s)	Kievnauchfilm
Language(s)	Russian
Genre(s)	Comedy Literature (Rus./East Slavic) Politics
Animation Type(s)	Drawn (cel)
Length	00:09:46
Wordiness	6.64
Animator.ru profile	Ru, En