He happened to work with such directors as Larisa Shepitko, Dinara Asanova, Andron Konchalovsky, Vitaly Melnikov. Films based on his scripts entered the golden fund of Russian cinema. And he continues to look for reasons to live. An outstanding screenwriter of our time, Yuri Klepikov, who is celebrating his 75th birthday this year, talks about his profession, about cinema. And not only.