The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
According to Nikita Mikhalkov, he went to this scenario of 37 years and by hand copied Ivan Bunin's works to understand how they are made.
The film takes place in 1907 and November 1920.
At around 49 minutes, there is a scene paying homage to Eisenstein's classic silent film from 1925 "Battleship Potemkin". There's a pram descending a staircase.
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