

A Soviet village where love arrives like weather — inevitable, inconvenient, and impossible to ignore.
The love story of Fedor, the village chauffeur and Mari, a local school teacher.
Acting
Prokhorenko's guarded warmth against Mikhaylov's wounded masculinity.
Cinematography
Endless Russian skies that dwarf human longing.
Director
Valeri Lonskoy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Brezhnev's 'stagnation' era, the film's quiet focus on personal happiness over collective duty was subtly radical for Soviet cinema.
Zhanna Prokhorenko was already famous for 'Ballad of a Soldier' (1959); this was her mature comeback to romantic leads after nearly two decades.