The Toasted One Drinks to the Bottom

Georgy Daneliya is a world-famous and iconic director and screenwriter in the Soviet and post-Soviet space. In the 21st century, Georgy Daneliya wrote several bestselling books and essentially created the genre of short narrative stories. In the second book "The Toasted One Drinks to the Bottom" of the trilogy, Georgy Daneliya reminisces about plans to adapt "Hadji-Murat" and "Crime and Punishment," "Dead Souls" and "The Master and Margarita," about meetings in Bolshovo and work at "Mosfilm"... Without preachiness, but with astonishing wisdom accumulated over years of life and work in cinema, and an extraordinary sense of humor, the author talks about his family, the time in which he lived and worked, friends, and colleagues. It is no coincidence that friends called Georgy Daneliya the "wisest person of his time." In short, read it, you won't be bored!