Call Me from Afar

Jan 23, 1978

1h 37m

★ 5.0

Overview

Grusha's (Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) husband has left her and she is now a single parent to her adolescent son Vitya (Vladimir Naumenko). Her brother Nikolay (Mikhail Ulyanov) is determined to hook her up with his friend Vladimir (the film's co-director Stanislav Lyubshin). For Grusha and Vladimir to have privacy to build up their relationship, Nikolay decides his nephew Vitya needs to stay out of the way, so he urges Vitya to come live with his family for a while. However, Grusha's not so sure about the arrangement. Based on a play by Vasiliy Shukshin.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Grusha Veselova

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

Vitya

Vladimir Naumenko

Vladimir Nikolayevich

Stanislav Lyubshin

Nikolay

Mikhail Ulyanov

ded Savva

Ivan Ryzhov

Yura

Oleg Novikov

Fyodor Fyodorovich

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Kuzma Yegorovich

Nikolai Brilling

Aleksey

Aleksey Vanin

Lidiya Dranovskaya

Larisa Negreeva

Mariya Vinogradova

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