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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.
Casts

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
Valeri Fedosov
Gennadiy Ivanov

Ludmila Kudryavtceva
Crews

Nikita Mikhalkov
Director

Viktor Merezhko
Writer

Alexander Adabashyan
Production Design

Pavel Lebeshev
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Samulekin
Production Design
O. Pustovalova
Costume Design
Valentin Bobrovsky
Sound
Eleonora Praksina
Editor

Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer
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