Farewell

Based On the book by Valentin Rasputin

Farewell (Russian: Прощание, romanized: Proshchanie) is a 1983 Soviet drama film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Larisa Shepitko and Elem Klimov. It was Shepitko's last film. She died during filming in 1979 and her husband Elem replaced her as director. As a remote Russian village faces submersion for a new dam project, its elderly residents grapple with leaving their ancestral home, symbolizing resilience against inevitable change.

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Release date:

February 21, 1983

Director:

Elem Klimov, Larisa Shepitko

Cast:

Stefaniya Stanyuta, Lev Durov, Aleksei Petrenko, Yury Katin-Yartsev, Maya Bulgakova

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Year page:

1983 in adaptations