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
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Лидия
Sergey Nikonenko
Стёпка
Nikolay Burlyaev
студент
Mariya Vinogradova
Паконя
Yevgeni Shutov
председатель колхоза
Larisa Udovichenko
невеста
Aleksandr Pyatkov
жених
Aleksey Vanin
чиновник
Svetlana Kharitonova
Карповна
Ekaterina Voronina
администратор Дома Колхозника
Elena Papanova
студентка в общежитии
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.
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