Kin (1982)

Name: Kin
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1982-03-01
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Nonna Mordyukova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Andrei Petrov, Ivan Bortnik, Yuri Bogatyryov

Kin (1982), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, starring Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Kryuchkova.

03/01/1982 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 38m

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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.

Pavel LebeshevCinematography
Nikita MikhalkovDirector
Элеонора ПраксинаEditing
Eduard ArtemyevOriginal music

About the film

Family Relations (Russian: Родня, romanized: Rodnya) is a 1981 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.

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Family Relations (Russian: Родня, romanized: Rodnya) is a 1981 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.

Plot

A rural woman, Mariya Konovalova (Nonna Mordyukova) travels to the regional center to visit her daughter Nina (Svetlana Kryuchkova), and her beloved granddaughter Irishka (Fedor Stukov). This good-natured and simple-minded woman cannot imagine the world they are living in - the dearest and perhaps the only people close to her. In her attempts to understand their views on life and improve her daughter’s strained relationship with her ex-husband, she inadvertently brings them all a great deal of grief.

Cast

Nonna Mordyukova as Maria Konovalova

Svetlana Kryuchkova as Nina, Maria's daughter

Yuri Bogatyryov as Tasik, Nina's husband

Andrei Petrov as Liapin, Maria's fellow traveler

Fyodor Stukov as Irishka, Nina's daughter

Ivan Bortnik as Vovchik, Maria's ex-husband

Oleg Menshikov as Kirill, Vovchik's son

Vsevolod Larionov as Lieutenant-General in the train

Nikita Mikhalkov as waiter

Aleksandr Adabashyan as Sanya the Waiter / man with glass at the train station

Sergey Gazarov as Kirill's guest

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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External links

Family Relations at IMDb

Text from Family Relations on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Relations

Trivia

It premiered on March 1, 1982, a Monday.
It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Родня".
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosMosfilm
CountriesSoviet Union
LanguagesRussian
StatusReleased

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Pavel Lebeshev Cinematography
Nikita Mikhalkov Director
Элеонора Праксина Editing
Eduard Artemyev Original music
Viktor Merezhko Writer

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What is Kin about?

Kin: 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),…

Who directed Kin?

Kin was directed by Nikita Mikhalkov in 1982.

Who stars in Kin?

The cast of Kin includes Nonna Mordyukova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Andrei Petrov, Ivan Bortnik and Yuri Bogatyryov.

How long is Kin?

Kin runs for 98 minutes, or 1h38.