The love story of combine harvester Stepan Kalashnikov to his own wife Lydia. A student who has come to practice suddenly intervenes in the relationship of the characters and complicates their already difficult family life...
Acting
Fedoseyeva-Shukshina weaponizes weary resignation.
Production
Glorious 1976 combine harvester cinematography, unironically.

Director
Sergey Nikonenko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to a weed farmers curse—fitting for a marriage choked by neglect. Director Nikonenko also plays Stepan, controlling every frame of his own midlife crisis.
Shot in a real collective farm with actual combines; Burlyaev (the student) was fresh off 'Come and See' fame, making his comedic turn genuinely disorienting.