Based on the story of the same name by V. Rasputin. 1946. Siberia. 11-year-old boy Volodya comes from a village to a school of regional center. His mother sometimes sends him parcels with potatoes. A young teacher, seeing that the boy goes on short commons, sends him a parcel on behalf of his mother. But Volodya is difficult to deceive – there are neither macaronis, nor hematogen in their village. But then she plays «chika» for money with him to lose the boy. Having learnt about it the director fires her. But the boy remembered the lessons of kindness and mercifulness for the rest of his life. Source : www.mosfilm.ru
