Family Relations
Family Relations (Russian: Родня, romanized: Rodnya) is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.[1]
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| Directed by | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Written by | Viktor Merezhko |
| Starring | Nonna Mordyukova Svetlana Kryuchkova Yuri Bogatyryov |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
| Cinematography | Pavel Lebeshev |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
A rural woman Mariya Konovalova (Nonna Mordyukova) goes to the regional center to visit her daughter Nina (Svetlana Kryuchkova), and beloved granddaughter Irishka (Fedor Stukov). A good and simple-minded woman can not imagine what kind of world they are living - the dearest and, perhaps, the only people close to her. Trying to deal with their ideas about life and being willing to improve her daughters difficult relationship with her ex-husband, she brings them all to a lot of grief.
Cast
- Nonna Mordyukova as Maria Konovalova[2]
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Nina, Maria's daughter
- Yuri Bogatyryov as Tasik, Nina's husband
- Andrei Petrov as Liapin, Maria's fellow traveler
- Fyodor Stukov as Irishka, Nina's daughter
- Ivan Bortnik as Vovchik, Maria's ex-husband
- Oleg Menshikov as Kirill, Vovchik's son
- Vsevolod Larionov as Lieutenant-General in the train
- Nikita Mikhalkov as waiter
- Aleksandr Adabashyan as Sanya the Waiter / man with glass at the train station
Production
The main part of the film was shot in Dnepropetrovsk, nowadays - Dnipro, Ukraine, scenes in the restaurant — in Pushchino (Moscow Oblast), runner — at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv.[3]