Farewell (1983 film)

Farewell (Russian: Прощание), Proshchanie)
Directed byElem Klimov
Written byGerman Klimov
Larisa Shepitko
Rudolf Tyurin
StarringStefaniya Stanyuta
Lev Durov
Aleksei Petrenko
Leonid Kryuk
Vadim Yakovenko
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
CinematographyVladimir Chukhnov,
Aleksei Rodionov,
Yuri Skhirtladze,
Sergei Taraskin
Edited byValeriya Belova
Music byVyacheslav Artyomov,
Alfred Schnittke
Production
company
Distributed bySovexportfilm
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
121 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Farewell (Russian: Прощание, romanizedProshchanie) is a 1983 Soviet drama film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Elem Klimov.[1][2]

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.