A Simple Story

Directed by Yuri Yegorov

With Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Ulyanov, Danylo Ilchenko, Vasiliy Shukshin and Irina Murzayeva

The war was over. Like many of her female friends, Sasha Potapova was left a widow. It was hard living without a man’s shoulder to lean on, without love and affection, yet no one had ever seen her crying or despairing. For her strong character, the fellow-villagers elected her a collective farm chairwoman. The work, with its cares and worries, helped all but forget about her personal misfortune and woman’s loneliness. And then she fell in love – a bittersweet, unshared love, but happy anyway…