Eldar Ryazanov (1927–2015) - People's Artist of the USSR, film director, screenwriter, actor, poet and playwright. The films he shot, one after another, became successful and beloved by the audience: “Carnival Night”, “Beware of the Car”, “Zigzag of Fortune”, “Old Robbers”, “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”, “Office Romance” ", "Garage", "Station for two" ... In this book, Eldar Aleksandrovich very sincerely and at the same time with a dose of irony and humor talks about how his life turned out, why a boy who dreamed of becoming a writer and a sailor knew nothing about the profession of director, he suddenly entered VGIK, which later helped him guess what films needed to be made so that the audience would love them, why famous artists - S. Nemolyaeva, V. Gaft, L. Akhedzhakova, A. Freundlich, A. Myagkov and many others - with great pleasure played in his films and were friends with him, and how he finally became a writer. “The Sad Face of Comedy, or Finally, Summed Up” will reveal to you the secrets of the soul and creativity of the great master. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format .