MOVIE · 1981

Muzhiki!

Drama94 min

While serving in the Army, Pavel gets a letter from his mother claiming his fiancée Nastya has been unfaithful, and he decides not to return to his native town. Years later, he comes back for his father’s funeral and learns what happened in his absence: Nastya is dead, three children have been left without parents, and the eldest girl is his. Pyotr Glebov is Pavel, facing the family damage caused by that long-ago lie, while Vera Alkhovskaya’s Nastya remains at the center of the story through memory, loss, and the life Pavel abandoned.