Kin (1982)
Rodnya
98 min
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.
- Release date
- March 1, 1982
- Country of origin
- Russia
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Cast
- Nonna Mordyukova as Mama
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Nina
- Andrey Petrov as Lyapin
- Ivan Bortnik as Vovchik
- Yuriy Bogatyryov as Stasik
- Fyodor Stukov as Irishka
- Vsevolod Larionov as General
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Ofitsiant
- Larisa Kuznetsova as Lara
- Oleg Menshikov as Kirill
- Aleksandr Adabashyan as episode
- Ruslan Akhmetov as episode
- Valentina Berezutskaya as episode
- Sergey Gazarov as episode
- Anna Gulyarenko as episode
- Yuri Gusev as episode
- Svetlana Konovalova as episode
Crew
- Nikita Mikhalkov · Director
- Viktor Merezhko · Writer
- Zinoviy Grizik · Producer
- Eduard Artemyev · Composer
- Pavel Lebeshev · Cinematographer
- Eleonora Praksina · Editor
- Aleksandr Adabashyan · Production designer
- Aleksandr Samulekin · Production designer