Anatoli Sofronov

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

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The events take place in the 1980s and tell about the relationship between three generations in the family of a retired general, whose grandson, having failed to enter the institute, is drafted into the army. The service on the border does not disappoint him, and the young man decides to continue the family tradition.

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Grandfather Sliva, an unthinkable braggart and confounder, has these strange dreams. Then he dreamed of chivalrous times, of musketeer duels between Stepney Kazantz and Serafimushka Seagull against masked opponents. Then the old man saw himself in the form of a mysterious spy, immediately starting a scuffle with cowboys drinking beer and shooting at barrels. Grandfather Sliva should not sleep, but guard the young Masha Chubukova, who was in charge of the local amateur activity, as if the girl had not been stolen by the same Stepan and Seraphim, who had fallen in love at first sight until they were unconscious.

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A young man discovers that his father behaved dishonourably during wartime.

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