The Spring of Hope

The permanent chairman of one of Ukraine's leading collective farms, a former front-line soldier, is caught off guard by the unexpected: the spring is unusually difficult and does not bode well for the harvest, his health has deteriorated, and his best foreman has been transferred to a struggling farm. However, Zakhar Platonovich does not complain to his superiors and relies solely on his fellow villagers...

• Director: Timur Zoloyev
• Cast: Nikolay Mikheev, Zinaida Dekhtyaryova, Volodymyr Antonov, Mykola Oliinyk, Yelena Tonunts, Yuri Duvanov, Anatoli Salimonenko, Ivan Morozov