A MUST-SEEN FILM! "Love in the Hay"
(Episode 1): Kolya Yevlashkin met Nadezhda at the train station. He tried to carry her bag to the bus, but the crowd separated them, and Kolya drove off alone. Nadezhda gave chase in a police UAZ. Since Nikolai had only been released from prison two weeks earlier, he was given a very warm welcome at the police station...
Nevertheless, Nadya believed Yevlashkin's sincerity, withdrew his statement, and Kolya went with her to the village of Bukhalovo ("Oh, what a telling name you have..."), since he had nowhere else to go. Jobs in the village weren't exactly plentiful, so he had to take a job as a milkman on a farm. Nadya wouldn't let him stay, as there was already a man in the house: Nadya's twelve-year-old but very serious son, Romka. A few days later, Nikolai found himself in serious trouble: a couple of thieves cut the electrical cable that supplied the farm and all its milking equipment. Yevlashkin, who tried to stop the lawlessness, was hit in the forehead with a tire iron and hospitalized. From that moment on, a noticeable warming of relations between him and Nadezhda began. But Romka stood firm: he and his mother had suffered a lot from their alcoholic father, and he wouldn't tolerate a former criminal in the family.
Nikolai didn't argue: he quit his job as a milker, said goodbye to his new acquaintances, and boarded the first bus to the district center. His jaw muscles twitched as he looked through the rear window at Nadezhda, who had run to the bus stop to say goodbye...
End of Episode One.
The "folk" characters and dialogues, simple and understandable situations, sincere feelings and light humor embedded in the script - all this can make the film "Autumn Leaves" as beloved as "Love and Doves."