As Is Their Wont

12 children, 9 grandchildren, 4 cows, a few hectares of land, their own truck and a greenhouse full of cucumbers. Ivan and Tatyana lack nothing, even though they don't stop from morning to night. Tatyana gets a break from work when she occasionally goes to church, where she falls asleep in her pew. After the harvest they organise the wedding of young Anna and Dmitri, followed by a splendid feast attended by all the neighbours. The women in their fashionable outfits make the sand rise as they dance in the courtyard, while the men fortify themselves with brandy. The special day is coming to an end; the next, ordinary day will be like all the others before it. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)