Channel

(1975)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1975

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Владимир Бортко

Cast: Анатолий Матешко, Иван Миколайчук, Иван Гаврилюк, Евгений Гвоздёв, Сергей Гурзо мл., Владимир Алексеенко, Наталья Егорова, Наталия Наум, Агафья Болотова, Екатерина Брондукова

Plot

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Hryhurko. The story is about the difficult life of young mechanics working on an irrigation canal in the steppe. Each of them has his own problems: a long-standing enmity, a prison past, family problems, and a complicated love for a single mother with a child. But the difficult remote work in the steppe forces everyone to change their outlook on life.