
According to the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. At 20, Tonya gave birth to a daughter — alone, without a husband. At 30 — personal happiness became an unattainable dream. She devoted herself to her beloved daughter. But at the age of 40, life seemed to make a circle and return to its starting point. There is nothing left to lose — which means you can take a chance, start all over again. Mom is married for the first time, and it’s hard for a selfish daughter to put up with this...
Tonya

Yefim Yemelyanovich

Galya

Tamara

Valeriy

Tamara in childhood

Vorozheikin

Zoya

Tonya's friend

Yuri Gvozdetsky

Valeriy's father

Tonya's friend

Lukerya Petrovna

dorm commandant

Aleksei

Alyona

waitress

recipient-addressee (uncredited)

Galya's husband (uncredited)

Gennadiy Pavlovich (uncredited)

research Institute employee (uncredited)
villager on a cart (uncredited)

policeman (uncredited)
actor in the role of a hussar on the set of the film (uncredited)

actor in the role of a hussar on the set of the film (uncredited)
