Movielogr
Kin (1981)
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Overview
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Nonna Mordyukova | Svetlana Kryuchkova | Yuri Bogatyryov | Ivan Bortnik | Andrei Petrov | Fyodor Stukov | Vsevolod Larionov | Nikita Mikhalkov | Pavel Lebeshev | Aleksandr Adabashyan | Larisa Kuznetsova | Oleg Menshikov | Sergey Gazarov | Vladimir Khotinenko | Ruslan Akhmetov | Valentina Berezutskaya | Viktor Buturlin | Anna Gulyarenko | Yuri Gusev | Svetlana Konovalova | Rimma Markova | Vasili Tsygankov | Evgeny Tsymbal | Inna Vykhodtseva | Aleksey Yakubov | Valeriy Fedosov | Gennadiy Ivanov | Ludmila Kudryavtceva