1981-12-06
98 mins
The Plot
The story follows Maria Konovalova who travels from her rural village to visit her daughter Nina in the city. Maria's arrival exposes the stark contrasts between rural and urban lifestyles and reveals deep-seated family tensions. Interestingly, Родня (Rodnya) in Russian sounds very similar to the word Родина (Rodina), which means "Motherland." The film features three generations of women — Maria, her daughter Nina, and her granddaughter Irina — symbolizing three different Russias: one from the past, one modern, and one representing the future.
Cast and Crew
Nonna Mordyukova
Mama
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Nina
Yuri Bogatyryov
Stasik
Ivan Bortnik
Vovchik
Andrei Petrov
Lyapin
Fyodor Stukov
Irishka
Vsevolod Larionov
The general
Nikita Mikhalkov
Waiter #1 / 1st Man On Photo
Pavel Lebeshev
Waiter #2 / 2nd Man On Photo
Alexander Adabashyan
Waiter #3 / 3rd Man On Photo / Man In The Train
Larisa Kuznetsova
Lara
Oleg Menshikov
Kirill
Sergey Gazarov
Vladimir Khotinenko
Valerik (as V. Khotinenko)
Ruslan Akhmetov
Valentina Berezutskaya
Lyuba Konovalova
Viktor Buturlin
Anna Gulyarenko
Yuri Gusev
Svetlana Konovalova
Rimma Markova
Vasiliy Tsygankov
Evgeny Tsymbal
Inna Vykhodtseva
Aleksey Yakubov
Valery Fedosov
Gennadiy Ivanov
Ludmila Kudryavtceva