Yekaterina Brondukova

Andrii Troian and Volodymyr Ruban once studied together at an agricultural academy. Ruban transferred to the correspondence program and went to work in a village. While pursuing postgraduate studies, Troian developed a new wheat variety called Maria. After becoming director of a state farm, Ruban invites Troian to serve as chief agronomist in order to test the wheat in practice. Their relationship proves difficult: conflicts arise over methods and styles of leadership. Troian’s personal life is equally complicated – particularly his relationship with the schoolteacher Maria…

A chance encounter between Anna, a sculptor, and Lev, a chemist, may well develop into a deep feeling. But with the speed of a spinning merry-go-round, comic situations replace each other, which both alienate and bring the heroes of the movie closer to each other.

The film depicts the challenging daily life of rural workers.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Hryhurko. The story is about the difficult life of young mechanics working on an irrigation canal in the steppe. Each of them has his own problems: a long-standing enmity, a prison past, family problems, and a complicated love for a single mother with a child. But the difficult remote work in the steppe forces everyone to change their outlook on life.

A story about the working life of rural youth in the 1970s. About the conflict between young specialist Yuri Khmel and the chairman of the collective farm, and his young wife Zhenya with her mother-in-law.