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
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Maria Vladimirovna Nesterova
Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Fedor Semenovich Barinev
Sergei Ponachevny
Semyon Arsentevich Barinev (otets Fedora)
Yelena Ikonitskaya
Katya Nesterova (doch Marii)
Yelena Kuzmina
Klavdia Semenovna Barineva (sestra Fedora)
Mariya Skvortsova
Anisya Borisovna Barineva (mama Fedora Barineva)
Sergei Torkachevsky
Ivan Petrovich Timonin (Vanya "Kochetok")
Lev Borisov
Yakov Vasilyevich Silin
Mariya Vinogradova
Aleksandra Petrovna (tyota Sasha, khozyayka doma)
Vladimir Zemlyanikin
Stepan Yakovlevich Shokhin (direktor shkoly)
Taisiya Lytvynenko
Galina Ivanovna Shokhina
Tamara Sovchi
Elena Gorkina
Daniil Netrebin
Mikhail Vasilyevich Kochegarov (predsedatel selsoveta)
Mikhail Chigaryov
Vladimir Sergeevich Korneev (byvshiy grazhdanski muzh Marii Nesterovoy)
Vera Burlakova
zhitelnitsa sela
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.
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