A Twig in the Wind (1980)

8.7/10 149 min Drama

Overview

Varya Berezina has just graduated from high school. My parents are getting divorced, my beloved grandmother is pestering me about the meaning of life. Mishka is a good guy — he loves Varka very much, but he doesn't understand a lot. Having not received the documents, she leaves for the city to her sister. My sister has a big new apartment, a good husband and a dear family friend — neighbor Vissarion Arkadyevich. He is a doctor and everyone loves him. He helps Varka to enter the institute, but she has neither documents nor knowledge. My sister is very worried. And Varka gets a job in a hospital, where he can often see a doctor and be with people. When Vissarion Arkadyevich is transferred to Leningrad, Varka returns to the village.

Cast

Olga Melikhova

Варя

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Виссарион Аркадьевич

Andrey Dudarenko

Прохор Федосеевич

Tatyana Lebedkova

Надя, сестра Вари

Yevgeniya Volkova

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