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.
Cast
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
Yu. Babintsev
episode
G. Belgovskaya
episode
Valentina Berezutskaya
episode
Aleksandr Brodskiy
episode
Viktor Buturlin
episode
Inna Vykhodtseva
episode
Sergey Gazarov
episode
Eduard Gimpel
episode
Aleksandr Gordienko
episode
Zinoviy Grizik
episode
V. Grishin
episode
Anna Gulyarenko
episode
Yuri Gusev
episode
V. Egorov
episode
A. Zakharkin
episode
Gennadiy Ivanov
episode
Svetlana Konovalova
episode
Tamara Kudrina
episode
Elena Kuritsina
episode
Pavel Lebeshev
episode
Rimma Markova
episode
Valeriy Melkonyan
episode
Aleksandr Mishin
episode
Viktor Nikitin
episode
O. Obyedkov
episode
I. Petrova
episode
Tatiana Pokhlo
episode
V. Ripp
episode
Aleksandr Sinelnikov
episode
V. Fedosov
episode
Vladimir Khotinenko
episode
Vasiliy Tsygankov
episode
Evgeny Tsymbal
episode
Aleksey Yakubov
episode
Ludmila Kudryavtceva
episode (uncredited)
Raisa Sazonova
episode (uncredited)
Aleleandr Sushchik
episode (uncredited)
Ivan Turchenkov
episode (uncredited)
Crew
Nikita Mikhalkov
Director
Viktor Merezhko
Writer
O. Kozlova
Script Editor
Eleonora Praksina
Editor
Pavel Lebeshev
Director of Photography
Vladimir Kuchinsky
First Assistant Director
Zinoviy Grizik
Executive Producer
Alexander Adabashyan
Production Design
Aleksandr Samulekin
Production Design
Eduard Gimpel
First Assistant Camera
Olga Pustovalova
Costume Design
Vitaliy Lvov
Makeup & Hair
Valentin Bobrovsky
Sound Director
Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer
Gennadi Abramov
Choreographer
Georgiy Garanyan
Conductor
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Dmitriy Pokrovskiy
Conductor
