A bridge, a secretary, and two weeks of rain that changes everything.
The construction plan for a small bridge has been disrupted by two weeks of heavy rains and a shortage of sand and gravel. The construction manager and Valentina Georgievna, his devoted secretary, long for good weather and wait for changes. And change is indeed coming.
Acting
Sukharevskaya's restrained longing speaks volumes.
Direction
Kazakov makes weather feel like a character.
Director
Sergey Kazakov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1958 Soviet cinema often used infrastructure projects as metaphors for collective and personal transformation under Khrushchev's thaw.
Lidiya Sukharevskaya was primarily a stage actress; this rare screen appearance captures her legendary theatrical restraint.
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