Where was Love and pigeons filmed

Locations

• Botanical Garden

  In movie

  Scene where Raisa and Vasily are part of a tourist group visiting the local botanical garden, but at first they lag behind the group and walk hand in hand far behind, and then they wade through the bamboo thickets alone, although, of course, walking outside the paths is strictly forbidden.

  Real

  Botanical Garden on the map

  Scene was shot in the Botanical Garden, located north of the city, it is a separate 9 kilometer excursion. The garden was founded in 1912 and consists of a large number of tropical and subtropical plants, which must have been of great interest to the average tourist of the 1970s.

  Batumi

• Cafe in the resort

  In movie

  Scene where Vasya with Raisa Zaharovna had walking on the resort

  Real

  Cafe in the resort on the map

  Scene was shot in the cafe "Fantasy" or as it was called by the locals - an octopus, it was abandoned in 2000 and completely lost its beautiful appearance. But recently it was restored and launched, retaining the appearance of 1975. Now anyone can visit it and even have a cup of coffee there. By the way, the menu in the cafe is not very big and it’s worth going for the sake of nostalgia and recognizable photos.

  Batumi

• Dolphinarium

  In movie

  Scene where Raisa and Vasya are having conversations about the paranormal and science fiction. They are so engrossed in this and each other that they do not even pay almost any attention to the dolphins' performance, as well as to other tourist attractions.

  Real

  Dolphinarium on the map

  Scene was shot at the Batumi Dolphinarium. In the 1970s, it was one of the best dolphinariums built in the Soviet republics. And one of the best in the country. Nowadays, the dolphinarium has been extensively rebuilt, but it still works and is open to the public.

  Batumi

• Gym

  In movie

  Scene where Kuziakin Vasya and Raisa go to the gym, where they are working out on very strange-looking machines, and they are not even in sports uniform. As if this emphasizes the fact that they are not interested in what is happening, but only in each other's conversation. In this location, Raisa talks about telekinesis and humanoids.

  Real

  Gym on the map

  Scene was shot In the town of Essentuki in the building of the Tsander Institute of Mechanotherapy, it was here that research was conducted on the recovery of people after injuries and surgeries and physical exercise, within the framework of which a very unusual “park” of simulators was developed. Even celebrities - Chaliapin, Stanislavsky and many others - appreciated them in their time.

  Essentuki

• Oriental style cafe

  In movie

  Scene where Vasya and Raisa visit an oriental-style cafe, where they drink coffee and continue their conversations, during which Raisa “broadcasts” and Vasya only listens. This time the conversation is about progressive Filipino medicine, with all the details of the surgeries performed.

  Real

  Oriental style cafe on the map

  Scene was shot in a cafe, which during the filming was called “Oriental Sweets”, now renamed “Coffeetopia Batumi”. The establishment is located in the central part of the city, not far from the coast on Rustaveli Avenue. Since then it has been renovated, but the general style of the establishment has been retained, but unfortunately the stained glass windows have been removed.

  Batumi

• Sea

  In movie

  Scene where Vasya opens the door in his suit and it turns out that now it leads not to the yard, but to the sea. He falls out of it directly into the sea and comes out of the water undressed and immediately starts swimming. The scene was filmed in the fall, the water temperature was only 14 degrees, so the actors pretend that they are hot, in fact they are on the verge of hypothermia.

  Real

  Sea on the map

  Scene was shot on the pier in the town of Kobuleti on the Black Sea coast 20 km from Batumi, one of the few times the crew went outside the town. We chose this point to shoot the scene of Vasi's bathing without gluing. He had to fall out of the door, and then resurface without clothes in one take. This was done by building a door on the pier, and underwater on duty divers, who tore clothes off the actor only from the third take, once almost strangling him with a tie.

• Vasya's home

  In movie

  Scene where All the scenes in and around the house, as well as the scenes in the dovecote.

  Real

  Vasya's home on the map

  Scene was shot in the city of Medvezhyegorsk on the Kumsa River, Karelia. The original house was demolished after a fire in 2011, but a local resident decided to restore the house and the dovecote at the original location on their own. Now you can visit this place and admire a copy of the filming location. By the way, the veranda and the dovecote were built specifically for filming, initially they were not in the house.

  Medvejegorsk