Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (Russian: Познавая белый свет) is a 1978 Soviet drama film directed by Kira Muratova.
[1][2][3] The film is about a love triangle which unfolds on a gritty construction site as a truck driver and a laborer vie for the affections of a determined young woman, leading to rivalry, jealousy, and a final act of defiance.
[4] Truck driver Mikhail, recently arrived at a factory construction site, helps pull a car out of the mud and meets Lyuba and her friend Nikolai.
He gives them a ride to a "Komsomol wedding" ceremony involving several couples, where Lyuba delivers a congratulatory speech.
Dressed in a suit and carrying flowers, Mikhail arrives to see Lyuba, who is waiting with her belongings near the new building, and proposes to her.