About the film
Asya works as a cook on a collective farm. She is pregnant by Stepan, a handsome tractor driver who has no intention of marrying her. Chirkunov, a quiet man, loves her and is ready to do anything for her, but Asya cannot stop loving Stepan.
Konchalovsky filmed in a real Volga village and cast mostly local people, who tell their own stories of war and hardship to the camera.
The result was so frank about village life that it was banned and only released twenty years later.
Did you know?
- Most of the cast were villagers playing themselves; Iya Savvina was one of the few professional actors.
- It was banned in 1967 and released only in 1987.
- It was filmed in a village in the Gorky region on the Volga.
