

98 minutes
12/6/1981
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.

Nonna Mordyukova
as Mama

Svetlana Kryuchkova
as Nina

Yuri Bogatyryov
as Stasik

Ivan Bortnik
as Vovchik

Andrei Petrov
as Lyapin

Fyodor Stukov
as Irishka

Vsevolod Larionov
as The general

Nikita Mikhalkov
as Waiter #1 / 1st Man On Photo

Pavel Lebeshev
as Waiter #2 / 2nd Man On Photo

Alexander Adabashyan
as Waiter #3 / 3rd Man On Photo / Man In The Train

Larisa Kuznetsova
as Lara

Oleg Menshikov
as Kirill

Sergey Gazarov

Vladimir Khotinenko
as Valerik (as V. Khotinenko)

Ruslan Akhmetov

Valentina Berezutskaya
as 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
Zinoviy Grizik