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
Valeri Fedosov
Gennadiy Ivanov
Ludmila Kudryavtceva