At the mention of the name of Yevgeny Leonov, his kind, smiling face appears before the eyes of the audience and the characters he played in the films "Striped Flight", "Zigzag of Good Luck", "Belorussky Railway Station", "Eldest Son", "Gentlemen of Good Luck", "Ordinary miracle", "Autumn Marathon", "Kin-dza-dza" and others appear.An unusually cheerful, warm-hearted, cheerful person, e. Leonov invariably raises the mood of moviegoers, fills them with optimism, and charges them with creative energy. And in life, he was a thoughtful person, prone to reflection, self-analysis. And in his book, he talks about himself, about his work in cinema and theaters, about friends and colleagues in the workshop-E. Urban, O. Basilashvili, A. Papanov, A. Goncharov, M. Yanshin, M. Zakharov, G. Danelia… After reading his "Letters to his son", sparkling with humor, kindness and at the same time quite serious, you can understand how to raise children so that they grow up to be worthy people.