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.
Nonna Mordyukova
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Yuri Bogatyryov
Ivan Bortnik
Andrei Petrov
Fyodor Stukov
Vsevolod Larionov
Nikita Mikhalkov
Pavel Lebeshev
Alexander Adabashyan
Larisa Kuznetsova
Oleg Menshikov
Sergey Gazarov
Vladimir Khotinenko
Ruslan Akhmetov
Valentina Berezutskaya
Viktor Buturlin
Anna Gulyarenko
Yuri Gusev
Svetlana Konovalova
Rimma Markova
Vasiliy Tsygankov
Evgeny Tsymbal
Inna Vykhodtseva
Aleksey Yakubov
Valery Fedosov
Gennadiy Ivanov
Ludmila Kudryavtceva
Zinoviy Grizik