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Video: Andrey Konchalovsky and Yulia Vysotskaya: The age difference is not a test
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Before meeting Yulia, he already had four marriages, five children, many films and world fame behind him. She has a fictitious marriage with a classmate and work in the Belarusian National Theater. More than 20 years have passed since the first meeting between Andrei Konchalovsky and Yulia Vysotskaya, and today they look at each other with admiration and tenderness.
Happy elevator
He first saw her in a hotel elevator in Sochi and could not look away. She hooked him with something, this girl without a shadow of makeup on her face. Two days later, he simply handed her a ticket to Istanbul, warning her to go if only she wanted to. If for some reason this is unacceptable, then she can simply break the ticket.
Even then, a spark of sympathy flashed between them, but neither Yulia Vysotskaya, nor even more so Andrei Konchalovsky even thought that this light resort romance would be the beginning of something serious.
And yet she went to the airport. To hide her excitement, barely settling in an armchair, she took a volume of "The Brothers Karamazov" out of her purse and buried herself in a book. Konchalovsky decided that she just wanted to impress him. Only much later did he find out: Julia always calms down with the help of a book.
Travel romance
The journey was like a fairy tale for her, but after it was over, she tried not to make any plans. She was not going to get married and understood that, by and large, Andrei Konchalovsky did not need anyone nearby. He was married at that time, he did not even think about divorce. Therefore, returning to Minsk, Julia immediately left for the dacha to her friends.
When she returned, she was extremely surprised: the neighbors told her about some man who simply cut off the phone. He called almost every half hour and demanded to invite Yulia to the phone. A few minutes later the phone rang again. Konchalovsky, scolding her for a long absence, ordered her to go and get an English visa. He had already sent the invitation, and transferred the money a little later.
Julia Vysotskaya with a running start dived headlong into a new life. But even then, she did not have any thoughts of marriage. She treated this novel as an incredible adventure. Different cities and countries, and nearby - a person with whom she was already seriously in love. She was always interested with him: to communicate, watch performances, discuss what she saw. Andrei Konchalovsky was struck by her ability to listen. Attentively, sensitively, reacting sharply to every spoken word.
Between heaven and earth
In the winter of 1997, they traveled. After New York, New Orleans and Miami, they flew to Jamaica. On the plane, Julia, remembering some incredible dressing gowns from a small hotel, regretted not taking one with her. Konchalovsky immediately proposed to her, saying that he loved thieves.
She was not immediately accepted by her husband's large family. To many, she still seemed to be a mercantile person, chasing money and the glory of an elderly person. Andrei Konchalovsky worried about his wife, but gave her the right to decide how to build relationships with relatives. Over time, everything fell into place. And now it is already difficult to imagine the famous director without his bright and still direct wife.
The secret of happiness
In 1999, Masha was born to them, 4 years later - Peter. To those around them, they seemed to be an ideal couple, and interviewers always asked Julia Vysotskaya a question about the secret of family happiness. And she honestly answered that in addition to love between husband and wife, there must be work. You cannot completely dissolve in each other.
Andrei Konchalovsky admits: he became wiser over the years, learned to value not only his work and creativity, but also his family.
Of course, not everything was cloudless, there were quarrels and conflicts. Julia says that she cannot exist in an atmosphere of tension and in an hour she goes to make up, regardless of who is right. Andrei responds by saying that it is not customary in their family to go out the door at the height of the conflict. You cannot give yourself the opportunity to wean yourself from a loved one in a quarrel.
Age is not a test
Of course, the director had doubts about the too big age difference with his wife. She only laughed in response and said that he was younger than her peers. Over time, they completely stopped thinking about such trifles as age. Even today, after 20 years of family life, they are always interested in each other.
Konchalovsky laughs at his wife's perfectionism, which does not allow her to fall asleep if at least one dirty plate remains in the house, and she does not cease to be amazed at his love for people. He was able to maintain good relations with all his ex-wives, always took part in the destinies of his children, and on the set, while working around the director, a real atmosphere of love and adoration reigns.
They managed to withstand together in front of a big disaster that knocked on the door. Their daughter Maria has been in a coma for five years after a car accident in 2013. Julia Vysotskaya and Andrei Konchalovsky do not like to talk about this, but they still hope that someday Masha will come to her senses.
The tragedy, like a litmus test, highlighted the true state of affairs in the family. The couple did not get angry and did not move away from each other. They rallied and became even closer to each other. Probably, this is what true love is.
Andrei Konchalovsky considers the secret of marriage to be wisdom gained over the years, and for his brother one of the components of family happiness is authoritarianism.
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