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.

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Cast

Nonna Mordyukova

Maria

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Nina

Ivan Bortnik

Vovchik

Yuri Bogatyryov

Stasik

Fyodor Stukov

Irishka

Vsevolod Larionov

general

Nikita Mikhalkov

waiter

Larisa Kuznetsova

Larisa

Oleg Menshikov

Kirill

Alexander Adabashyan

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Ruslan Akhmetov

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Valentina Berezutskaya

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