简介：AsadlyhumorousstoryaboutaSiberiantractordriver,IvanRastorguyev(VasiliShukshin),travelingwithhiswife(LidiyaFedoseyeva-Shukshina)toaBlackSearesort,andabouttheirfirstvisittoMoscow. Thevillagelife,withitspeople,songsanddrinkingparty,wasphotographedalmostinadocumentary-filmmanner(theshootingtookplaceinShukshin’shomeland—theAltaiRegion),whilethetravelitselfispackedwithanecdotal,funnysituationswhichprovokealotofsympathyandevenaslightfeelingofsadness.Shukshindoesnotsparethecomedypaletteinportrayinghischaracter,evenifempathizingwithhim.For,accordingtoShukshin,itisthoseIvanswhoarethesaltoftheearth.Thethemeofaprovincialguyinabigcityisalwaysinterestingand,therefore,isasurewin,butthemostpreciousthinginthisnever-agingfilmisthepersonalityofthetalentedactor,writeranddirectorVasiliShukshin,hencethepsychologicaldepthinthepresentationofthestory.…