Hey, Lads and Lasses

Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in the life of three brothers and their families. The three brothers are different in character, but all suffer from the dreariness of kolchoz life. The title is derived from a nostalgic Russian song. The wild geese have the possibility of moving on to milder climes, a possibility that Russian country people don’t have.

Director: Lidiya Bobrova

Cast: Vyacheslav Sobolev, Yury Bobrov, Vasily Frolov, Nina Usatova, Svetlana Gaytan, Vitaliy Bobrov, Valentina Smirnova, Ivan Kolesnikov

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.