Kin (1982)
Родня
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.
- Date of release
- 1982-03-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (36)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Nikita Mikhalkov
Casting
- Nonna Mordyukova — Maria
- Svetlana Kryuchkova — Nina
- Andrei Petrov — Lyapin
- Ivan Bortnik — Vovchik
- Yuri Bogatyryov — Stasik
- Fyodor Stukov — Irishka
- Vsevolod Larionov — general
- Nikita Mikhalkov — waiter
- Larisa Kuznetsova — Larisa
- Oleg Menshikov — Kirill
- Alexander Adabashyan — episode
- Ruslan Akhmetov — episode
Interesting facts
Family Relations is a 1981 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.
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.
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